Msjanesharp

It’s been a while, life has interrupted my creative practice of late, but I moved into my new studio space at Arts Central in Milton Keynes last weekend. Now just waiting for my muse to return…
#artist #artistlife #studio #whereismyinspiration

Quilt with multicoloured fern motifs on a blue background

'Fern Dance' art quilt by artist and quilter Susan Brubaker Knapp #WomensArt

Brum again

Shadows Behind, Shadows in Front

Freehand stitched blackwork embroidery mounted on 16.5cm diameter hoop.
From my Fairytale Vignette series.

#embroidery #handembroidery #handstitched #blackwork #textileart #stitchedstory #vignette #fairytalevignette #art #artist

Ffs it’s not nucular it’s NU-CLEAR!

#pedantscorner

There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in…

In the house and up the stairs…
#wip #embroidery #blackwork #stitching #handstitching #textileart #textileartist

Daily reminder: breathe

“If you want to know your past look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future look at what is in you mind”
Quote from Matthieu Ricard
#embroidery by me 🖤

Pedant’s/pedants’/pedants corner

Sketch artwork featuring a small bird facing right as if struggling against winds represented by curved lines

'Small Bird'
by Kate Boxer,
contemporary UK painter and printmaker
#WomensArt

This is stunning 😍

An embroidery of a person standing next to their seated dog that is carrying a deflated ball in its mouth. They are waiting to cross the road.

Waiting to Cross the Road

Freehand-stitched blackwork on unbleached calico. Mounted on an embroidery hoop, 16.5cm diameter.

This is from a little sketch I did back in 2023 when I was confined to my sofa with a herniated disc.

#embroidery #handstitched #textile #textileart #textileartist #artist

Brum

Photo of an uninspiring urban back alley with the word escape painted vertically on a wall on the right hand side in the foreground

#escape #photography #urban #urbanphotography #iphonephotography

Thank you ☺️

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Good morning

Pen doodle of a face in profile

Doodle c2021-2 ish
#art #artsky #doodle

Exquisite ❤️

And here is the original image.
I was struck by the stoicism of the central figure standing with dignity and poise in the face of fierce attack by riot police.The clash of two worlds: the mysticism & wisdom of the Sufi in gentle but firm opposition to the faceless aggression of an autocratic regime.

‘Lighthouse’ -freehand blackwork embroidery on unbleached calico.

This embroidery is directly inspired by the amazing photograph taken by Umit Bektas for Reuters, of the protests that took place recently in Türkiye in response to the arrest and jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu #craftivist

Queen

An array of sketches of my kid through the years and photographs to use as reference points for an art work.

A sketch of my 20 year old in sun glasses and a mask modelling for my batik entitled Covid Spring that I did in April 2020

Sorting through years of sketches and preliminary work I realise my biggest muse has been my kid

#art #artist #motherhood #artandmotherhood #model #beauty #document

Dawn #embroidery by #VeraShimunia

#art #artsky

Photograph of a Green shelled snail in the foreground surrounded by small black slugs and another green shelled snail climbing up the railing in the background. Basically a lot of slugs and snails on a garden wall.

It was gastropod central on this garden wall this morning 🐌

#snail #slug #gastropod #photography #iphonephotography #nature #invertebrates

Photo of a young woman waist deep in flood waters seemingly engrossed in something on her phone

Here is the photo that inspired my recent embroidery ’Immersed’

(Getty images)

I was inspired to stitch this embroidery after seeing a photo posted on the BBC news app of a girl waist deep in flood waters seemingly engrossed on her phone. It jumped out at me as visual comment on our times.
I’ll post the photo separately