Threadpainting

I am utterly fascinated by the small thread painted landscapes of British artist Alison Holt (http://www.alisonholt.com).  Ms. Holt takes thread painting to an entirely new level; her work has to be seen to be believed. While I have done thread painting before (as seen in “Solitude”, below), I had never before attempted to make a landscape entirely out of thread painting.

Over the last several days I decided it was time to try my hand at one or two of these little gems – and I can assure you that they are every bit as complicated as they seem! Below are several attempts that I made:

and one piece that is still in progress:

I have much work to do on learning how to control my machine and hoop, and in planning ahead so that I don’t end up with multiple layers of thread in one spot – even my trusty Bernina has a hard time sewing through layer after layer after layer of thread and fabric.