“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come.”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Hold Your Own 1
This work is made 100% from thread and wool. It is about female strength, independence, spirit and passion. This work, one of a series of three was made over a year. The technique, free hand machine embroidery, is laborious. The building up of thousands of tiny stitches to create depth takes a long time. The figure has then been stitched to the back of an antique tapestry.
The art work has been mounted onto a wooden supported frame, and an antique hand printed fabric has been stitched around the edges.
This work is ready to hang.
Hold Your Own 2
This work is made 100% from thread and wool. It is about female strength, independence, spirit and passion. This work, one of a series of three was made over a year. The technique, free hand machine embroidery, is laborious. The building up of thousands of tiny stitches to create depth takes a long time. The figure has then been stitched to the back of an antique tapestry.
The art work has been mounted onto a wooden supported frame, and an antique hand printed fabric has been stitched around the edges.
This work is ready to hang.
Hold Your Own 3
This work is made 100% from thread and wool. It is about female strength, independence, spirit and passion. This work, one of a series of three was made over a year. The technique, free hand machine embroidery, is laborious. The building up of thousands of tiny stitches to create depth takes a long time. The figure has then been stitched to the back of an antique tapestry.
The art work has been mounted onto a wooden supported frame, and an antique hand printed fabric has been stitched around the edges.
This work is ready to hang.
Untitled 4 (I Am The Sum Total Of Everything)
This unique piece, one of a series of three, is an exploration of the experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fused seamlessly with Mackie's own through the salvation, destruction and re-contextualizing of materials. The use of antique textiles in her work, along with traditional techniques, such as embroidery, tapestry and applique create an ongoing dialogue, a tension, between materialism and value, consumerism and memory.
This work has been stretched onto a frame with a wood support.
Untitled 6 (I Am The Sum Total Of Everything)
his unique piece, one of a series of three, is an exploration of the experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fused seamlessly through the salvation, destruction and re-contextualizing of materials. The use of antique textiles in the work, along with traditional techniques, such as embroidery, tapestry and applique create an ongoing dialogue, a tension, between materialism and value, consumerism and memory.
This work has been stretched onto a frame with a wood support.
Untitled 1 (I Am The Sum Total Of Everything)
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Untitled 5 (I Am The Sum Total Of Everything)
This unique piece, one of a series of three, is an exploration of the experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fused seamlessly with Mackie's own through the salvation, destruction and re-contextualizing of materials. The use of antique textiles in her work, along with traditional techniques, such as embroidery, tapestry and applique create an ongoing dialogue, a tension, between materialism and value, consumerism and memory.
This work has been stretched onto a frame with a wood support.
This unique piece, one of a series of three, is an exploration of the experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fused seamlessly with Mackie's own through the salvation, destruction and re-contextualizing of materials. Mackie's use of antique textiles in her work, along with traditional techniques, such as embroidery, tapestry and applique create an ongoing dialogue, a tension, between materialism and value, consumerism and memory.
This unique piece, one of a series of three, is an exploration of the experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fused seamlessly with Mackie's own through the salvation, destruction and re-contextualizing of materials. Mackie's use of antique textiles in her work, along with traditional techniques, such as embroidery, tapestry and applique create an ongoing dialogue, a tension, between materialism and value, consumerism and memory.
This work is made 100% from thread and wool. It is about female strength, independence, spirit and passion. This work, one of a series of three was made over a year. The technique, free hand machine embroidery, is laborious. The building up of thousands of tiny stitches to create depth takes a long time. The figure has then been stitched to the back of an antique tapestry.
The art work has been mounted onto a wooden supported frame, and an antique hand printed fabric has been stitched around the edges.
This work is ready to hang.