Here is a new embroidery.
I'm not sure what to say about skin. It's the layer where beauty lives and mine is ugly. I have awful skin. I am still breaking out in my thirties. A single mosquito bite will leave a deep red mark--sometimes for up to ten years. My belly ripped into shreds of stretch marks by my second trimester. I have cried buckets over my fragile and sensitive skin.
When it came time for me to do this piece, I was tempted to make it ugly and repulsive. I couldn't do it, though. I wanted this skin to be pretty and flowery. I don't want to focus on negative things any more.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Skin Deep
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5 comments:
Your embroidery is really creative. I love it.
I think this is great!
I like you! I think we might have been sisters in another life. You remind me alot of myself!
Wow- that's awesome work. I came over when you commented on my blog, and then realized that I had seen your embroidery before, on Craft, I think. It's amazing, and I suspect it's pretty therapeutic. I am too chicken to try anything but really cutesy stuff, but your piece is an inspiration.
Also: I have terrible skin, too (I have gone temporarily blind from massive eczema on my eyelids. yikes). My husband recently introduced me to the magic that is jojoba oil, and I am so much better for it!
i love this, your embroidery is stunning, good luck out there. xx
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