Juliet D Collins

Today in the studio I am finishing off a textile & mixed media artwork with some slow stitching 🪡 🪡 🪡 This piece has been on the go for a long while and I’ve been reflecting as I work on that question I am so often asked ‘how long did that take you to make?’ 🍃🍂🍃I started laying this artwork out and experimenting with the different materials, techniques and elements I wanted to incorporate to tell her story just over a year ago. But the original concept came from a series of collaged map figure drawings I created back in 2021 and this one emerged from a life drawing I made during 2020. 🍃🍂 🍃 Some of the found materials - old ordinance survey maps of Scotland and carved marble leaves have been waiting to be used in the right artwork for 16 years or more. Obviously I haven’t been only working on this piece for all that time - I have stopped and started and put her away at times to focus on my other projects. But she has been alongside me and I do feel that she has needed that length of time to evolve and develop. I will miss her when she’s finished! It seems fitting that her final stages involve slow stitching and reflecting 🍃🍂🍃😊