Montreal's Plateau is a now-trendy urban neighbourhood that has been home to a succession of immigrant groups. You would think that Montreal, city of ice and snow, would not embrace outdoor staircases, but in fact they are a signature feature of Montreal architecture. I have been told that when houses were taxed on the basis of their "footprint", building the staircase for a duplex outdoors represented a tax savings as well as a savings on construction costs.
This piece is meant as a companion to the Quebec City piece, made in response to the Street Life challenge. It, too, was based on a photo and was made using a line drawing traced onto water-soluble stabilizer.
lovely composition. The bike really anchors the eye at the staircase and by not continuing the road or the building to the edges it definitely makes the stairs be the subject. You are becoming master of the essence.
ReplyDeletei love it all. i enjoy how you have chosen now to work to the edge of your fabric - intriguing. well done heather!
ReplyDeleteLove the power behind the simplicity. Would display it in my house tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWow I love how you have only put the steps on the fabric but yet there is so much place for interpretation for the rest of the picture!
ReplyDeleteHeather, this series is magnificent. You have magically combined your drawing and stitching skills to produce brilliant work.
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of simplicity! A great continuation of this series!
ReplyDeleteHeather, you really are the master of this technique. Just enough and not a morsel more. Perfect. (PS Glad to see your bike has rounder tyres than mine!)
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The simplicity of the black lines on white fabric is brilliant...and the detail is amazing! What an interesting neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI love this Heather. As everyone has said, it's detailed and simple at the same time, and it conveys the subject matter perfectly.
ReplyDeleteYour piece gives us such an interesting look into this city which also personalises it so well. Your work is so well constructed and thought out and therefore the outcome is really great. The detail and perspective are enviable.
ReplyDeleteI have found this subject so interesting as we have all given it so many different flavours and interpretations. Thank you for this.
So much energy in such a small piece. I don't know Montreal but can imagine the neighbourhood from this needle portrait. Love the composition.
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