Underbrush embroidery by Nicky Perryman Textile Artist

The Charm of the Underbrush

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Here are a few pics of the Underbrush work I’ve been doing…the melted sequins meant a few casualties – particularly one large cream flower sequin which ended up looking like a blob of chewing gum. Charming. So I had to scrape that off and sew another one in the same spot and melt it again – but a bit more cautiously this time. Thank god for baking parchment, it works wonders! I kept my mini ironing board on my knees as I was doing it, and the warmth came through it, which is very comforting when you are sitting opposite the heater in a chilly caravan.

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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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