Sharon Peoples

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Sharon Peoples, Golden Lungs 2015,  machine embroidery

Sharon Peoples, Diamond Lungs 2015,  machine embroidery

I directly made an embroidery working from my recent drawings and sketches just to see how they would go. Usually there is a slight 'lost in translation' between a drawing and the lace technique I use. disappointingly this did not happen. It was quite boring I felt. The diamond shape with lung insertions didn't express anything I was setting out to do.
 
I resorted to a familiar way of working -using the imagery of lungs. I have been working with these for the last few years but this seemed  a little easy in one sense. I changed threads to metal and, at last, I felt like I was getting somewhere. I think I was making things a little too complicated in one way - trying to fit in a lot of ideas when perhaps this was not necessary. Anyway for the moment I feel like a new path has opened up. 


I am also working on a very much larger piece, so have been resolving things between the two formats. I will keep you posted later on this work.