Sorrell Kerrison: Creating Hand Embroidered Portraits
Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Sorrell Kerrison shares her life in fabric & thread, and music!
Sorrell is a creative who produces work in different mediums - textile art, print, painting, film, as well as writing music, playing guitar and singing in several bands through the years.
Our main focus in this episode is around the excitement of the four large hand embroidered portraits that Sorrell was commissioned to create for Bolton Museum Egyptology collection. These are now part of the Museum's permanent collection.
We have a fascinating chat about colour and also about Sorrell finding her focus around hand embroidered portraits.
Susan Weeks chats with Sorrell about:
Seeing the opportunity to propose hand embroidery as a suitable medium for portraits for Bolton Museum commission Winning the bid for all four portraits Being very specific about her creative process Why embroidery can be similar to Jazz "improv" Finding self expression in art and film making and rebelling against rigid ideas Fascination with faces Saying "hello" to her portraits Developing consistency, finding her path and loving her portrait work Stitching as therapy whilst listening to podcasts About her interesting use of colour Making a vow and some 'rules' to help finish things What's Stopping You? Just Go and do that thing you've always wanted to do What it takes to create a body of work Embroidery is enforced patience Building a Patreon pageand much more...
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Sorrell's work at https://stitcherystories.com/sorrellkerrison
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Visit: Bolton Museum http://www.boltonlams.co.uk/museum/collections-overview/the-egyptology-collection
Other people, things & places mentioned in this episode:
Francis Bacon
Jenny Saville
The Manic Street Preachers album 'The Holy Bible'
Armando Iannucci
Cayce Zavaglia
Louise Bourgeois
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Jenni Dutton: Capturing The Complexities Of Aging Through Textile Art
Annie Crane: Creating Textile Art With Whimsical Abandon
Claire Edwards: Pushing The Boundaries Of Traditional Hand Embroidery
Jessica Aldred: Designing Her Life Through Embroidery
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