Passamezzo

 

Passamezzo.

A painting which started with the word “Passamezzo” which is an Italian folk dance of the 15th century. The example I could find of the dance had two dancers moving around each other in a way that suggested a binary system of stars to me. I have a great love for “twinny” things, so I made the dancers into ballerinas in star costumes.
8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper. Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Painting does not contain the black bars or the "My Good Babushka" watermark included here for formatting and security purposes. 

Danse Macabre Embroidery

Half done and....

all done!
This piece is available for purchase in my etsy store.
My Good Babushka!

Skeleton Dance Embroidery

I've been researching hand hooked rugs and embroidered rugs, and I am having a little experiment with some canvas and embroidery floss. I am using a very dense, all over Turkish Knot stitch, which makes little loops all over. I want it to look like a little rug, kind of tufted. I am putting the stitches in sort of every which way because I think it looks fuller, and it's easier than trying to make the stitches all go one way.

Danse Macabre Embroidery

Once again, I took these photos after dark so excuse the discoloration. Two thrids of our bony trio is now in place. I think the compostion is very nice and balanced. I am getting anxious as to what will happen when I wash the embroidery. I think if the colors bleed, though, it might not be a bad thing, as the background is very plain. It might make the texture a little more interesting.