Observed Incident (T172)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Audrey Walker
Title
Observed Incident
Made in
Pembrokeshire
Date
2002
Description
Two joined embroidered panels, one depicting a woman looking out from behind a curtain and the other depicting four policemen.
Materials and techniques
Cotton canvas is stretched over a wooden frame. The canvas has been given a wash of thin acrylic paint to set out the main areas. This stitching all done by hand.
Dimensions
length: 264cm
width: 144cm
depth: 2.5cm
Object number
T172
Category
-
Observed Incident, Audrey Walker, 2002, Crafts Council Collection: T172. Photo: Heini Schneebeli.
Maker's statement
I am especially interested in the 'narrative' content and after a number of years working on landscape themes I have returned to figurative imagery. This piece was made in response to a tiny fragment of English medieval embroidery in the V&A where a mysterious figure seems to be observing the Martyrdom of St Thomas Beckett. A tribute to the medieval embroiderer who crammed the story into a tiny space and who drew beautifully.