What do you do when you have the flu? Apparently I stitch waves and ripples and droplets and foam. All inspired by
Hamonshu: A Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903), from the wonderful folks at the Public Domain Review. And here you go. I have left thread ends emerging from the front of the piece because I think it contributes to the general ocean spray/wet/chaos effect. Click on any piece to enlarge.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrXZIcoIbVGpa2mGIvmUSUzsS8u9_Ia5_df4MeTOwW5kCtuz8m_yDDnP_3dX6YVSDlcVMdinl9Q-sjChGtEsCcfkJPobGFn_DvJM5gX8RPPam5HGaFMT4KD1Av0Il0kBZuXEUS6BlgBTo/s400/spray.jpg) |
Spray (brown paper bag, thread) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0ZsLuod231iwj3etRWxGF8oTu5F1r0BWmhQCgX5n20MAeJgET4rdGj43ShgUD0M_vVcSgWdWvIO8Iqxxcfrmjp7hW6LzDxsAxtHOq8M7tGQKbB2ZoZSmGR-ewDChWc-53glXVTUAtMrw/s400/waves.jpg) |
Waves (brown paper bag, tea bags, thread) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zDzQhDcCAfjwnlon_GhxYagnwjWlDRP2591VoI_n3u5nkGGXqhRLB_WaQDVX5XQJSNiqpxy8wzUP7gCgpluGa8Pg4aZbjdHjhS2TtAioUsSZ7JU5yfssuZWcxPUR93jx4HNJleuY5w0X/s400/ripple.jpg) |
Ripples (brown paper bag, thread) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9XwtOgm5j3tlpKpWH9ACdzdd23QH9uw9DtAd75pwbiTnj7I-0uJOh8X4X-oUhh05HUh9SnLoJVZ7V3AfB8t0Dqdo5denaNkN5WjSjXF3Ck84yh4tJgk75zM3-bE8A49TQRzHunyCeEYA/s400/drops.jpg) |
Droplets (brown paper bag, tea bags, thread) |
I am tagging this "false artifacts" as well as "textiles" because these pieces look like they came from somewhere and some time other than here and now.