SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ME!
SOMETHING I’M PROUD OF
God Gave Me a Gift
A Needle
A Thread
And
The Talent to Create Things of
Beauty.
I
do Needlepoint. It’s not cross stitch, embroidery, crewel or any other
established way of doing needlepoint. There is no print or pattern that I work
to and no rules to obey. I will have a very rough outline on paper of what I
think my idea should wind up as but only as an initial idea. I just grab a
needle, thread, and my choice of fabric to work on and I begin to sew freehand
using the thread like a colored pencil drawing line after line after line of
colors, threads, stitches and patterns as they emerge from my fingers and
finally after possibly a year and a hundred thousand stitches later I get to
see my creation and I amaze myself with what I have been able to produce.
I
can no longer do my art because of finger and visual problems so I decided that
since it has never been seen before, to put it on display and share it with the
people who now make my life worth while: All of you.
The First Piece in this exhibit is a
30” diameter Wall Hanging.
Made of burlap and Embroidery Cotton
it shows how I think
A massive stone Sculpture should
have been painted.
The Aztec Calendar Stone
My Second Work is Titiled
PHOENIX RISING
AND WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY
Blaine Barrett
