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playing around with displaying the work. I had pillows, the patchwork piece and piles of other paintings to think about.

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‘patches of remembrance’

I destroyed a painting into patches and I have hand stitched each patch back together but in a new order. The process was very time consuming but very rewarding, and the piece has been made in memory of my dog who was put to sleep. She had a patch on her leg placed after a lump was removed and it was discovered that the lump was cancerous when tested. i didn’t want to create work showing lumps because of how traumatizing they were to look at so instead I decided that I would focus on working with patches. Each patch is a different part of a painting that I destroyed.

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This video shows some photographs I have taken of the work I have seen in Birmingham museum and art gallery. Since I had so many photographs I decided to create a video.

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The process

At first the process was difficult because I was using a needle that was a bit too thick to get through the fabric easily. I ended up having to use a thinner and shorter looking needle to help. the process of stitching a broken painting back together in a new order is quite time consuming and at times painful. though I was determined to do it all by hand stitching rather than just using a sewing machine. I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could break a painting apart and reconstruct It into something new and beautiful. 

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stitching the patches together

In the image you can see that in order to stitch the patches together pins are used first to help keep the fabric into position. Once the pins are in position the stitching is then done, which joins the patches of the painted bedsheet together.

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cutting up smaller squares

I decided to cut one piece up into tiny pieces because I hope to use smaller pieces in the display too. I want to work with many different patches and quadrilateral shapes.

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I have painted onto a single sized bedsheet for a reason also. Not only did I hear about my dog falling ill, but a guy I had fallen in love with decided to leave me for someone else. I had experienced a few friendship breakups before losing my best friend who was my pet dog. I miss Ellie my dog a lot and the other friends I used to have but who left me. Though the main message I want to get across in the piece is the importance of never giving up even when things get destroyed into pieces. The patches symbolize the importance of trying to fix things back together. Me and my family tried hard to cure Ellie from cancer and we tried to fix her and things as much as we could. Though in the end it was decided that the only best thing we could do for her is get the vet to put her to sleep to end her suffering. The process of putting the patches of the broken painting together is a difficult process as each piece needs to be pinned into position first. The pins help keep the fabric together while the stitching is slowly done by hand. 

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the warmer colours I see as representing the higher pitched notes that I am hearing when listening to songs, whereas the colder colours are symbolizing the lower pitched musical notes. White is added to create more noise to the painting since white light itself can contain the 7 colours of the rainbow when you shine light through a prism or crystal. I avoided using black because I am aware that black can kill a colourful painting if overused so I avoided using black altogether in the process so far. when applying the paint I used sponges and decorators brushes and my fingers and hands.