A few months ago, on one of our perambulations of the rest of Britain, we came across the wonderful Bowes Museum in County Durham. The museum was a fantastic place, but among the hundreds of beautiful exhibits one of the things I remember best was, of all things, a “This way to the Exit” sign”
Quick sketch of an exit sign
It was just a lot of arrows inside a big arrow, but I thought it was a really good design idea that could inspire other designs. So after a while I came up with this
A big fish made of little fish
There’s no outline to the big fish at all – the shape of the body comes from the combined shapes of the little fish. And because all the little fish touch each other, there aren’t many jump stitches because the thread can pass easily from one fish to the other. It turned out as well as could be expected, and I think this will be one of the things I take to the Danish exhibition in August
That is an amazing piece of embroidery. Great interpretation of an exit sign. Maybe the fish has a message…
Hi Mia, You have created your own stylistic representation of an object and turned it into a really neat fish embroidery design. You have invented a new style of an embroidery design. Love the colors of your hand painted fabric that just seems to float around the fish.
Mia,I really love your little fishes that make up your bigger fish. The fins help to make the fish.
It gives the fish texture and interest..love the way you think.
Amazing the texture of the fish look like fish shaped scales so very interesting
Absolutely fantastic! I love this one and how subtle it is. I had to really look to see those little fish.
J’aime beaucoup cette interprétation
sur un fond bien adapté
Merci Mia
Love your fish, it is so camouflaged in the painted fabric.