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Maisie Maddox

'An Ode to MyAncestors'

'An Ode to MyAncestors'

As human beings we allhave our own story to tell and this is reflected not only through experience, butalso in the objects we collectthroughoutour life. These ‘items of remembrance’ may have no monetary value but are coveted memorabilia for the families who wrap and store their personal history within dusty attics forfuture generations to discover. This project explores the time, place and space of ancestral collections and connections. Working with historic family photographs I have used the meticulous process of hand-embroidery to reaffirm the importance of the stories which shape our lives.Each stitch represents a thought and dedication to my ancestors with each photograph becoming a ‘badge of honour’. The ceremonialdress represents the blank canvas which awaits to be threaded with my own unique chapterwithin my family history.

'An

Ode to MyAncestors' '31 Badges of Honour’

(Hand and Machine Embroidery, Beading, Dye Sublimation, Natural Dye, Wirework, Wet Felt and Applique)

'An

Ode to MyAncestors' 'Legacy' (Photoshoot and Performance)

Life Drawing

(Willow and Compressed Charcoal, Ink, Graphite, Permanent Marker, Water Soluble Pen and Oil Pastel)

Sketchbook Sample Pages

Research and Concept Development

Ideation Drawing and Concept Development

‘Material

Alchemy’

An exploration of recycled materials to alter the original constituents to become more than the some of its parts.

(Heat, Colour, Melt, Dye, Sculpt, Paint, Stitch, Steam, Press, Smooth, Cut, Push, Pull, Weave, Wrap, Wash, Hammer, Saw, Drill)

‘MaterialAlchemy’

Wilde Studios

‘Sunday Weave Club’

Nadine Wilde is a Weave Specialist working with Sustainable Materials and NaturalDye Processes. Within this workshop I was able to explore different approaches to weaving and discuss the importance of sustainable practice within textile design.

(Woven on a Tapestry Loom using home Hand Dyed Yarns and Fleece)

Pure Wool Aran Weight Yarn hand dyed with Cochineal, Elderberry Stalks, Madder, Rhubarb Root, Onion and Weld.

’The Dye Collective’ Hand Dying Process

(Vat Dying, Solar Dying, Steam Dying – worked into with Hand Embroidery and continued throughout Projects and Current Work)

Recycled Cotton, Pure Wool

DK and Aran Weight

Yarn hand dyed with Cochineal, Logwood, Hyacinth, Red and

Brown Onion Skin and Weld.

’The

Hand Crocheted with Steam Dyed Yarn

Knightshayes Court

National Trust Visits

Lyme Hall

Tatton Park

Surface Pattern

Response to Hand Embroidered Bag from Lyme Hall

Textile Transmutation

Drawing with Stitch (Natural Dye Fabric, Hand Embroidery)

Motion Machine Embroidered Fabric and Fibre Waste)

'Textile Transmutation’

Observational Studies (Graphite, Charcoal, Oil Pastel)

‘Textile Transmutation’

An exploration of Sustainable Textiles and Female Empowerment, inspired by Tudor Ruffs, 17th Century Tie-On Pockets and Removable Cuffs

(Varying Natural Dye, Hand Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, Pattern Cutting, Recycled Textile Waste)

‘Textile

Transmutation’

An exploration of Sustainable Textiles and Female Empowerment, inspired by Tudor Ruffs, 17th Century Tie-On Pockets and Removable Cuffs (Varying Natural Dye, Hand Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, Pattern Cutting, Recycled Textile Waste)

‘Textile

Transmutation’

An exploration of Sustainable Textiles

Female Empowerment, inspired by Tudor Ruffs, 17th Century Tie-On Pockets and removable Cuffs.

(Hand Stitched and Embroidered with Beading, Natural Dye Fabric, Recycled Materials)

‘Fractured

Observational Drawings made on Location exploring Texture in Nature

(Photography, Rubbings, Compressed Charcoal, Graphite, Collage)

Fibres’

Fabric Manipulation exploring themes of Deconstruction and Reconstruction

‘Fractured Fibres’

(Free Motion Embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Beading, Stitch and Slash, Natural Dye, Recycled Fabrics)

Fabric Manipulation exploring themes of Deconstruction and Reconstruction

‘Fractured Fibres’

(Free Motion Embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Beading, Stitch and Slash, Natural Dye, Recycled Fabrics)

‘Fractured Fibres’ Wax Dipped Natural Dye Fabric Forms Constructed with Machine Stitch

‘Apertures’

Wearable Sculpture

An investigation of negative space and interaction with the human form.

Inspired by research carried out at the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield