Winchester Tiles
After a visit to Winchester Cathedral Wendy became interested in mediaeval floor tiles – their textures and patterns. This gave rise to the themes of her work. The materials she used were directly related to the tiles – air-dried clay added to hand-made paper pulp produced an interesting surface to stitch into. Coarse Indian tissue paper, layered with PVA, made a firm and richly tactile basis for hand and machine embroidery. This work developed into three-dimensional forms in which she explored and opened up the geometric shapes of the tile designs.

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