Besides the animals-with-text panels, I’ve been working on a series of tree designs for the exhibition. It’s turned out that each of the tree designs seems to represent a different season, although I didn’t plan it that way. The first was the trees in the mist, which had a very wintry feeling, and then there was the “magic grove”, which looks as if it might have been done in summer. Here’s the autumnal tree – a tree with turning leaves in the middle of a forest. It’s pretty simple and straightforward – just embroidered leaves on a painted background – but it does have a nice golden glow in the centre of the tree. This is produced by a very light and feathered understitching of yellow thread – it's a simple addition but it does add an interesting glowing effect
The Golden Tree with the glowing centre
Love it! That’s a really versatile design. You can change the look a lot just by changing the color of the painted background, but keep the thread colors.
I love the way you make us feel the wind.