Studio Practice

As well as actually sewing I have also been working on a series of paintings with connections and continued narrative around textiles and autobiography .This piece is a large acrylic on canvas quite textured in places, but I also tried to show a more delicate chiffon fabric of the sleeves.Some of the texture on the cloth is used by stencilling over lace with heavy body paint (a technique I discovered in previous experiments with other work)I then used wax over to add texture and sheen to the canvas.The work is titles little fat dress which is a play on words and a humorous take on the little black dress ,the fashion classic only plus size, taking a critical look at attitudes to women and the feminine ideal.The painting was based on a dress owned my me in my’fatter days’ but I did make the dress larger than it actually was!