Moving Stitchers

Lyn Leese
I came to textile art late in life. It wasn’t until I retired from work that I had the time to really indulge, although I have always had an interest in art. I enrolled on many classes covering both art and embroidery. However, the course that really sparked my imagination was called “Creative Textiles”, which was based at The Connaught college in Hove. The tutor, Kim Thittichai, was inspirational. Not only did it bring my two main interests together, but I learnt many amazing and exciting techniques. A whole new world opened up for me and now I want to do nothing else!
	Scarf The scarf was made using a form of Nuno felting, which is a Japanese fabric felting technique. Silk chiffon, silk fibres and silk papers were felted into the wool fibres.

	Dancer This is one of a series of works with figures, entitled ‘Dancers’. This involved hand-dyed and appliqué’d fabrics, which are embellished with hand and machine stitching.

	Sunflowers Hand-dyed natural fabrics and ‘tissutex’ are appliqué’d and embellished with machine and hand stitching, and acrylic paint.

	Havana This reflects the crumbing but once beautiful buildings of Havana, and was made for an exhibition entitled ‘Faded Glory. It was made from furnishing fabric, hand-dyed cotton, silk and scrim and painted ‘tyvek’. Dylon ‘Image Maker’ was also used for superimposing images.

All works on this page are ©copyright of Lyn Leese 2009