Hiraeth - A Longing For a Home To Which You Cannot Return
£550.00
Hiraeth (n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
Hiraeth (n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
Hiraeth (n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
One of those rare words that pulls, for a second, the blurred mess of human feeling into beautiful, painful focus. It’s often been said that the feeling of hiraeth is untranslatable. But i think the feeling is universal and instantly understood. Hiraeth is what the bird feels for its nest when dusk falls, a longing which a boat feels for a river bank. And this is what my needle and thread translates as hiraeth. A remote home far removed from city life, overlooked by a tall oak tree and a rickety lamppost.
This piece has been stitched over a period of 50 hours on a blue/grey cotton fabric.
I began the process by stitching the house using terracotta and cream threads. For the house I used a technique known as brick stitch, couching stitch using silk cords and back stitch for the windows and chimney.
The couching technique was also used for the lamppost and oak tree. I used individually cut metal threads for details on the lamppost.
The crescent moon was embroidered using several, tiny pieces of individually cut metal wires known as ‘check’. I stitched them down on a piece of felt, giving it a raised effect.
Finally I outlined the moon with a thicker silver metal known as pearl purl. The sky has been finished off with a flock of birds and snowlflakes, both stitched using cotton threads
This piece is much larger than my other pieces. Set in a large 8” wood effect hoop ready to hang. Perfect to accessorise a bookshelf or a wall
Lovingly packaged with brown paper, twine, a wax seal and dried flowers 🖤. Kindly allow two weeks from the order date for me to create this piece
