After the sudden death of my brother in July, I was having a difficult time dealing with the loss. My brother had a strong faith and believed that after death he would be reunited with his son.
I used the notion of reunited to make the wallpiece. The piece has the first names, dates of birth, and dates of death in code.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of my nephew’s death. He died 35 years ago at the age of 17. I had the idea of making a vessel, but how? Serendipitous that someone I follow on YouTube recently posted a fun video on making pots out of embroidery.
The channel is Sarah Homfray Embroidery. I like that she is creative, lovely, and delightful.
I used the same rusty fabric that I used in the wallpiece. The blue thread is Rick’s name. The brown thread are dates for birth and death. The tan thread is for 2025, and to stitch the piece together.
I used Fabric-Tac to adhere the folded fabric of the vessel, to make it sturdier, and to make it easier to stitch. After making the vessel, I wrapped a glass in plastic and slid the vessel onto the glass. Applied matte medium to the exterior of the vessel to basically hold everything in place–the stitched code and the frayed edges of the rusty fabric.
The finished piece is 5″ in height and 3″ in diameter.
