I have loved Seurat's work for a very long time, ever since I saw this painting , A Sunday on La Grande Jatte when I was living in Chicago about a thousand years ago.
So I was really eager to start exploring a stitching technique that offered the opportunity to recreate the technique of pointilism in textiles. I realised quite quickly that it wasn't going to be as easy as I had imagined. The French Knot and I do not get on very well at all.
This is my attempt at the first exercise in this stage, it took me a very long time, I don't think it's very good and I really don't like it. The only good part was when my tiny boy said, from the other side of the room, whilst looking at it, 'Ooh, it's all purpley.' so I'm pleased about that. I think the patch of knots in alternate blue and red work really well to create the illusion of seeing purple, the tripes less so, but I think over a larger area they would also be effective. I also love the texture that using the big chunky tapestry yarn created.
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