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Jacquelyn Rixon


the subversive stitch
good housekeeping series

the subversive stitch - series of 'good housekeeping' embroideries with human hair

lattice - hair embroidery on canvas

cross-stitch - hair embroidery on canvas

triangle - hair embroidery on canvas
Frontispiece
Lattice
Triangle
Web
From Rozsika Parker's book comes the title for this ongoing series of work in which I am sewing a dictionary of embroidery stitches with human hair (actual size 1"x1" approx).
The beginnings of this project were exhibited at Prestonpan's The Gothenburg in 2009.
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