Back in April, a kind blog reader sent me a lovely picture of some red flowers she’d grown – thank you, Margaret H.! The flowers weren’t familiar to me, but she called them spider lilies, and they look very exotic. That bold shade of red was irresistible, and I loved the way the red contrasted with the blurry, green and black background.
Margaret's flowers
I thought they'd make a dramatic design, so I simplified the flowers for the design, and using different (but similar) shades of red, stitched them on a painted black and green background.
My version of Margaret's flowers
Now, I might have to miss the occasional blog posting in the next few weeks, because an old colleague of mine from my scientific past has asked me to put together a small exhibition of designs based on themes of genetics and stem cells, which she plans to show at an upcoming scientific conference. I really love this idea and desperately want to do it, but she’s given me just one month to design, digitise, paint and stitch out an exhibition-ful of designs, and whether or not I’m going to be able to do it remains to be seen! So please forgive me if I miss a posting or two – I’ll be back eventually with (I hope!) some photos of the science-into-art exhibition
Your spider lilies look spectacular against your painted green and black background fabric. You will have a whole new set of awesome designs after you draw, digitize and stitch out your genetic theme set for your friend’s scientific conference. We will look forward to hearing about and looking at the photos of the designs in a month or so.
Amazing!!
Lovely lily!
Just georgeous!
I like it pretty much!
So lovely. And the flowers while obviously static are very lively.
Love your interruption of the Spider Lilies. You did an awesome job.
Can hardly wait to see your genetics and stem cell exhibition. You’ll do great, just remember to have fun doing it.
Great job! Love your interpretation and your painted fabric really makes the lilies pop. Please post pictures of your scientific project, I would like to see pictures of the exhibit.
Your blogs are great! I am so excited when I get to read them! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and talents.
Congrats on the new place to exhibit. Thank you for sharing the lilies with us.
Beautiful! Looking forward to seeing your science to art project.
Thank you for sharing, it is beautiful
I have these flowers and love them. When it rains, they all pop-up for showing off their beauty. love your design of them.
Jennifer from Texas
Beautiful!