Developing my cockerel piece
The initial image was developed as a LINOCUT.
I printed the bird on to smooth, plain weave cotton using Caligo oil based relief ink.
It does take a long time to dry on fabric.
The fabric was stretched on an embroidery loop and the basic composition
was stitched over in black thread.
I didn't want to work with the bold lines of the linocut so the cloth was reversed in the
embroidery hoop revealing the background / underneath.
This gave me a 'starting point'.
The bird was the big challenge so I chose to start with him rather than the background.
It's also a little easier to work from the centre outwards as you get less distortion of the cloth.
Gutermann viscose embroidery threads
Building up the background using Madeira rayon thread - very shiny.
The finished piece with close zigzag stitch to frame the edge.
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