S is for Sawing

S is for Sawing. Panel of my Executioner's Alphabet, Tapestry in progress.

N is for Necklacing

Part of my Executioner's Alphabet Tapestry in progress. N is for Necklacing, hand embroidered panel 9" x 12" cotton floss on cotton canvas.

L is for Ling Chi

Hand embroidered panel in progress, part of my Executioner's Alphabet Tapestry, in progress.

L is for Ling Chi

Ling chi, slow-slicing, is a method of execution in which slices of flesh are systematically removed from the body of the condemned. Part of my Executioner's Alphabet, a work in progress.

F is for Flaying

Embroidery in progress, part of  my Abecedarian of Demise. And perhaps the next piece, G is for Guillotine.

C is for Catherine Wheel, D is for Drowning

Hand embroidered piece, C is for Catherine Wheel, is now finished in my abecedarian of demise. I'm moving on to D is for Drowning.

C is for Catherine Wheel

C is for Catherine Wheel. Hand embroidered, part of my Abecedarian of Demise series. Still in progress.

C is for Catherine Wheel

Work in progress on my hand embroidered Abecedarian of Demise. C is for Catherine Wheel. Also, the last piece completed- B is for Blood Eagle.

The Abecedarian of Demise

A is for Asphyxiation. B is for Blood Eagle. C is for Catherine Wheel.

B is for Blood Eagle

Hand embroidered work in progress today.

B is for Blood Eagle

Hand embroidery in progress. A helpful, alphabetical primer of gruesome death.

B is for Blood Eagle

Some embroidery in progress.

St. Thomas of Canterbury

 

St. Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket. He suffered a pretty bad wounding to the head from King Henry’s men and is often depicted with a sword through his head. I’ve drawn from my love for anatomical illustration to show him with his brain exposed and holding a slice of his preserved brain. An abhorrence to nightingales is also ascribed to Becket, who is said to have been so disturbed in his devotions by the song of a nightingale that he commanded that none should sing in the town ever again. Here are some nailed to the wall of this study. As Thomas was chastising a priest for his excessive devotions and masses to the Virgin Mary, the Virgin appeared to the priest and told the priest that Thomas would find his hairshirt mended with red thread. Thomas had put the shirt under his bed to mend it later. Thomas found his hairshirt was indeed mended with red thread and he gave the priest dispensation to continue to honor the Virgin. Here you can see her through the window with her red thread.
Now at My Good Babushka.

St. Thomas of Canterbury.

St. Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket. He suffered a pretty bad wounding to the head from King Henry’s men and is often depicted with a sword through his head. I’ve drawn from my love for anatomical illustration to show him with his brain exposed and holding a slice of his preserved brain. An abhorrence to nightingales is also ascribed to Becket, who is said to have been so disturbed in his devotions by the song of a nightingale that he commanded that none should sing in the town ever again. Here are some nailed to the wall of this study. As Thomas was chastising a priest for his excessive devotions and masses to the Virgin Mary, the Virgin appeared to the priest and told the priest that Thomas would find his hairshirt mended with red thread. Thomas had put the shirt under his bed to mend it later. Thomas found his hairshirt was indeed mended with red thread and he gave the priest dispensation to continue to honor the Virgin. Here you can see her through the window with her red thread.
Work in progress.