Maria Walker

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Hand Stitch

Hand stitching is an intermittent and recurrent element of my practice

I often return to hand stitching for its slow mediative properties and when hand stitch is essential for the message I want to convey and I want to enjoy the relaxing rhythm of stitching by hand

During 2017 I stitched daily onto vintage linen napkins. The discipline of hand stitching became part of my life and developed into the period of reflection. As I stitched my way through the year recorded the daily intervals by stitching objects I had encountered during the day or snippets of text. By the end of the year I had a created a stitched diary covering four napkins: one for each of the seasons.

Enraged by Donald Trump's comment "grab them by the pussy" and the subsequent "Nasty Women" protests I started stitching a subversive alphabet of aspects of being a woman. Using the traditional 'cross stitch' as my medium, my work is designed at first sight to look like a child's alphabet but the initial nativity and humour has a deeper underlying message.

More recently I have discovered the joys of mindful stitching and sashiko and I usually have a handstitching project on the go alongside other projects,
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Visual Journalling

Visual Journalling

red work

red work

Fabric Manipulation

Fabric Manipulation

Women's Alphabet

Women's Alphabet

Womens Alphabet

Womens Alphabet

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