Leslie Schomp.

I love the detail on these pieces and the freedom of the stitch. I helps express the emotion within the pieces and the people in the pieces. I personally like the frames in the first picture. It reminds me of old family portraits of different ancestors. I could spend hours looking at these pieces and there would still be more to discover. I feel that the embroidery hoops held on short, skinny stands are what makes the pieces. They remind me of a human figure. The piece I really related to was the two bottom images of the embroidery hoops linking to each other by small strands of thread. It reminds me of two people facing each other having a conversation - also linking to the everyday. For my project I have watched and observed conversations between people over tea and coffee. Are the pieces just that bit to close? Intimate? Aggression? the erratic flow of the thread between them for me symbolises a connection, are they partners? Are they family, friends, enemies? and Perhaps a deep conversation also?