Lenni Morkel-Kingsbury:visual artist
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A heart so big...

"The act of sewing is a process of emotional repair" ~Louise Bourgeois

This work explores stitching as healing. Last year I decided to participate in the drawing a day, Inktober challenge. I didn't mean for it to turn out like this.... but they emerged anyway... a series of  characters and personal motifs shaping themselves into a  kind of personal visual language telling stories of self, psyche, depression, anxiety and ... hope.

Reworking each motif through stitching , needle pulling thread... magic begins... 


Louise Bourgeois once said , "The act of sewing is a process of emotional repair'` ..ain't that the truth? Needle pulling thread ...stitch by stitch....there she is... a heart so big!



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  • Home
  • About Lenni
    • Make, narrate (Lenni's CV)
  • Blog: navigating meaning
  • Portfolio
    • Narrative adornment and objects gallery >
      • Flowers for Oberon
      • Words don't come easy
      • Alluring series
      • Daisy chain
      • Inner librarian
      • My precious ( I remember) 2014
      • Archives: Narrative jewellery >
        • Cat and me series
        • Save/delete
        • I heart Brunswick Arts
        • Bear with me...
        • Life is a hammer and a forge
        • Trees, life and flowers etc
        • Things that are bugging me...
    • Stitches >
      • Meditations on Myrtle Grace ...
      • A heart so big
      • Lines of my time
      • All we have are our emojis
      • Archives: Stitching things >
        • Stitch-a-hug-month >
          • Stitch-a-hug BLOG
    • Sculpture and installations gallery
    • Illustrations/images gallery >
      • Illustrations for education and online learning