September 23

 I have just been told that I should have blogged today, it being 23/09/23! So here here it is.

I went to the opening of the Annual Members' Exhibition at the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria (Australia) last night. It was a very  interesting evening. 

I am on the exhibition committee, so will have have a vested interest in it, of course. 

But it was a lovely evening with interesting speeches. And an amazing array of works. In fact, I have commented that the exhibition is becoming a bit too good for its own good, in my not so humble opinion  - not an opinion shared by all. I feel that the quality of work is so high that some people might be put off joining the guild as they might not feel as if they could keep up to the standard. 

However, there were a few works that might encourage people to take on membership because they could live up to the standard - mainly my two works. Not being modest here, I wanted to participate and did a couple of pieces that pleased me (one here) - no thought about how they would stand up to comparison with other members. 

I did my blackwork labyrinth piece - I feel as if I should have put in a statement about ignoring the lumps and bumps, the imperfections, just walk the Labyrinth (finger walk). I didn't - but it is how I feel about my imperfect work. I don't care that it has imperfections, it was an enjoyable and meditative time making it. No precise plan, as seems to be my thing at the moment. I just did pieces at different times, as they spoke to me. (The theme is Reflection - I think that walking a labyrinth is a time for that.)

I am currently working on a small tapestry (20cm square) and it is another piece that had a plan that I am not really following all that closely. (It is also based on a labyrinth theme. The outside of is going to be textured, the inside (hopefully) will be smoother.)

  I have found a whole lot of yarns that I bought to play around with, in my more experimental days, and I am trying to incorporate them (it is quite possible that I am returning to those experimental, not very precise, days). My weaving is not getting much attention at the moment as I have been involved in setting up the exhibition at the EGV but it is slowly growing.