ROSIE ELLEN HICKMAN

LAVENDER DOLLS

EACH UNIQUE HAND EMBROIDERED CHARACTER IS LOVINGLY STUFFED WITH ORGANICALLY GROWN LAVENDER, HANDPICKED FROM MY MOTHER’S GARDEN IN CORNWALL. USUALLY MEASURING BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN CENTIMETERS, FITTING SNUGGLY IN THE HAND.

CORNISH COAST ROCKS AND FLORA

INSPIRED BY A WALK ALONG THE CORNISH COAST. PHOTOGRAPHING, PAINTING AND EVENTUALLY STITCHING THE COLOURFUL ROCKS AND FLORA OF CORNWALL.

POLISH CAKE APRON
‘POLISH CAKE’ IS A RECIPE FROM MY MOTHER’S OLD SCHOOL COOKERY BOOK – WHICH IS GRADUALLY FALLING APART AFTER YEARS OF LOVE AND USE. THIS IS A RECIPIE MY FAMILY KNOWS VERY WELL, IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND AN EXCITABLE BUT METHODICAL TIME IN THE KITCHEN. I HAVE PRESEVED THE ORIGINAL WORDS OF THE RECIPIE IN STITCH, ON THIS BEAUTIFUL YELLOW APRON, FROM AN ANTIQUE MARKET IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

‘VALENTINE’ BY CAROL ANN DUFFY – HAND EMBROIDERED POEM ON VINTAGE SLEEVE

960 BREATHS PER HOUR

HAND EMBROIDERED COLOUR STUDIES

MINIATURE VEG BOX

GOLD FRAME EMBROIDERIES

HAND EMBROIDERED SQUIRREL

HAND EMBROIDERED VINTAGE DRESS, WITH SEA CREATURES AND MY OWN POETRY

CROSS STITCH CUSHION
THIS BEAUTIFUL CUSHION WAS FOUND IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP IN CORNWALL. THE STITCHING WAS INCOMPLETE AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HAD BEEN DONE WERE DELICATE AND UNRAVELLING. I SPENT TIME REPAIRING AND COMPLETING THE STITCH WORK, ADDING THE DATE AND MY OWN INITIALS TO THE CENTER, LIKE AN OLD VICTORIAN SAMPLER. A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE UNKNOWN STITCHER THAT CAME BEFORE ME.