Maggi Birchenough (UK)
Wheels and
Windows #6 is part of a series of work which began after a long photo session
at Belper Mill and while I was taking Lisa Call’s Working in a Series class.
The mill was one of the first water powered cotton spinning mill and is now
part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site. Sadly, the mill is no
longer working but the building is still used as office space and houses a
museum.
The two
photos which inspired the series were a photo of the mill building itself and
several of the old cogwheels, still in relatively good condition.
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| The cog wheel |
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| The mill building |
For this
piece I used a piece of pole dyed silk noil as the background. The windows
photo was
manipulated
in Photoshop and then printed onto silk organza. These were then fused onto the
background.
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| Trying out the placement of the cogwheels |
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| layout |
The cogwheel shapes and the shaft were cut from hand dyed silk organza and
again fused onto the background over the windows. All the shaped were stitched
down and then the background was quilted.
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| Wheels and windows #6 |
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I love the cog wheels. Machinery is often very interesting, especially like these when you can imagine what was produced with their use. I like the background, too.
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Thanks Sandy. I'm still working on the series but it has taken a radical turn.
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