LESLEY BRANKIN

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Locomotion

Whilst researching images for an entirely different project I happened upon a photograph of the lower part of a Japanese steam train.  Running from one side of this image to the other was a strong white angular line that ‘demanded’ my attention.  The strong geometric form of the wheels and iron bodywork also appealed.

The finished quilt is a wholecloth; the detail being created either using print (acrylics) and paint techniques (silk paint) or drawn (quilted) using a variety of makes and thicknesses of thread.
 
“It was not my intention to produce a true or accurate representation of a steam train but rather evoke the ‘feeling’ of one.


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