Bill and Fran 1958-2008

we arise today together
through the strength of heaven
light of sun
radiance of moon
splendour of fire
speed of lightning
swiftness of wind
depth of sea
stability of earth
firmness of rock

cliodhna
This is an embroidery I did for my parents to give to my Uncle and Aunt for their 50th wedding anniversary. There are 50 hearts in total and I used raw silk for the red and the creme. The flowers on the backround are a scarf I died a brown and then embroidered over the flowers and cut away the rest of the scarf so the flowers were left. Anyone ever do carrickmaccross lace? same principal.

I hand embroidered the words, they were going to be too small to machine embroider. The words I got from the book Anam Cara by John O'Donohue. But I think originally it is maybe part of St Micheals breastplate. Its a christian poem but I changed the first line from 'I will arise today' to 'We will arise today together'. I felt it was christian enough for them and and this section meant something for me too. Commissions I do for people have to mean something for me too, otherwise I can't do them.

The  photo below is a close up of the embroidery.

Comments

[Lynn]

Hi Cliodhna, that is some intricate work there. I like the embroidery over the red hearts, that's lovely. Must have taken a while to do that piece. I find it hard to do a commission I'm not particularly interested in too, I have an order for a particular American Football team cufflinks... inspiration is not abounding!