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Apr082010
Jean Baggot talks about The Girl on the Wall
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 6:20AM | Sharon B | 2 Comments | in Contemporary Textiles, Hand Embroidery, Needlework, Samplers The Girl on the Wall, is an interesting piece of autobiographical embroidery. This sampler is the life story of Jean Baggot told via interlocking ‘circles of life’ which act a framework to illustrate each narrative.
This video interview explains how it came about and why the piece was made.
There is a second video that speaks a little more about the sampler and promotes her book.
Also there is the "Girl on the Wall" blog and website which is not to be missed as it covers how to work your own piece.
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Reader Comments (2)
Thank you for pointing to this story. I very much identify with this "ordinary" woman's life.
Thanks so much for this lovely post! What an inspiration! I must look for the book soon in stores here in Canada. :-)