Embroidered Pot

I have been working on my pot inspired by the ancient Minoan pottery. The background was constructed of strips of cloth based on the colours of Crete.

 Stitch patterns were machined to blend the colours together. To knock the colours back  I rollered beige paint thinly over the top.

Choosing a spiral stamp reminding me of one of the Minoan patterns I printed randomly across the background first in an orangey- brown and then gold.

Gold thread was couched over the gold-printed spirals to provide depth to the background. Cretan stitch was  embroidered  to increase texture and Linear B writing was added to the background. I have finished the pot at last. Please see below!