exploring the mystery of nature with painting & embroidery & mosaic

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Nicky Perryman

Hey, I'm a textile artist based in the UK. I like playing around with fabric paint, stitching both hand and machine embroidery and I have far too many sequins. I'm inspired by nature, its mysteries, subtleties, delights and complexities. The outer natural world has its counterpart in the inner spiritual world and I am also inspired by folklore, poetry, fairytales, stories of long ago when the spirits of nature seemed less shy than they do today, as well as my own shamanic journeys into the dreamland.

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Green Umbels

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Well it’s been one of those days when I have done nothing much worth talking about and felt totally guilty about it. I seem to have hovered over things but not done anything with them, drooled over my Basic Grey papers, dithered over my broken water pump that refuses to work despite cajolement and shaking …

Bronze Textures

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I have been mucking about with this for a while using textile felt tip pens, gold fabric paint, machine stitching and some hand embroidery and some little square translucent green sequins. I think it’s a bit over the top with the amount of stuff on it but I kind of like it. I can’t seem …

Purple Nevsky Bird

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This embroidery is called “Purple Nevsky Bird” after some drawings I did in the Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria many years ago. I’ve tried to capture the elaborate wooden gilded carvings that decorated the cathedral interior. We were on a tour of many artistic and cultural sights, and there was so much to see. …