Claire has said “that her work has a calm, thoughtful quality with a feeling that the subjects are caught in motion, and the use of thread gives the work a transitory effect that a line drawing or a painting may not possess to such an extent”.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/interview-claire-heathcote-embroiderer/

I agree. Claire’s use of soft colour, understated patterns and strong stitched line gives a unique look and feel. Within my work I will try to emulate the style and technique using similar imagery to start, then moving in to using images of my own.

Whilst researching Claire and her work I have found it hard to expand on the images placed within my sketchbook. The smallest images are from Claire’s Degree show at Goldsmiths College where she came out with a First Class BA (hons) in Textiles. You can see her development with the techniques she used as well as the scale of her pieces.

I plan to experiment with Claire’s style using different types and weights on fabrics as well as different threads, in the hope that I can produce work that shows the technique and attention to detail the Claire has shown within her work.