About Blackwork Embroidery - Gallery 2
Blackwork is an embroidery technique that goes back at least seven centuries to the time of Chaucer. It is a graphic embroidery classically done with black threads on white ground. The small counted patterns used for shading and value are its most outstanding characteristic.
Most of the work done by SK is silk threads on evenweave linen with a thread count of between 28 and 32 per linear inch. Occasionally she works on a smaller grid, where noted.
This work is framed without glass. Putting glass over embroidery shortens its life by not allowing the antural fibers to breathe and glass makes it hard to see the fine details.
Please inquire about a 10% order discount for purchase of two or more pieces.
Redolent, Blackwork, 5" x 7" piece, 10" x 12" framed, $850
A companion to Bittersweet and also a tribute to poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, these works have the contrast between a gridded sampler and organic shapes.
Moonwood, Blackwork, 6.5" x 5" piece, 8" x 10" framed, $750
A companion to Heartwood, Moonwood won the Rocky Mountain Region Award in the 18th Embroiderers' Guild of America's National Exhibit.
Heartwood, Blackwork, 3.5" x 6" piece, 8" x 10" framed, $1,500
As a companion to Moonwood, Heartwood also has for its subject one of the recurring themes of power, beauty and life that permeates SK's work: the tree.
Earl Grey, Blackwork, 7.25" diameter piece, 8" x 10" framed, $1,500
A portrait in black of SK's daily tea things. The background is done in pulled work (drawn thread work).
Cup and Plate, Blackwork, 3.75" x 5.75" piece, 8" x 10" framed, $650
A companion to Earl Grey.