As well as the lovely Becky Hogg stitching, I have been doing some needle musing with the Mesopotamian layers sample, just to see what if?
It is hard to photograph, because the layers catch the light in differing ways. In reality the lightest area, that of deepest excavation, is not quite so contrasting. Stitching is sparse there, because treasure is as much about the shadow of a wall in the soil as it is about gold and artefacts
I have carried some water around the base of the ruin, to provide moisture for the crops in the fields
There might be another hint within those ruins to the north; a regularity under the layers, a glimmer in the shadows?
I have irrigated and planted the pleasure gardens at the base of the North wall - some more obvious treasure here
And then, of course, there is the inscription, carved on rock on the way out of town, where all the tracks and trails lead who knows where?
Sennacherib, King of the world
I love the layers and the stories they tell.
ReplyDeleteIt has evolved from a "sample" to something a bit more finished. I need to consider now whether it is actually finished, or whether there are more stories to be told.
DeleteOnce you start telling stories, the stories never end, do they!
ReplyDeleteindeed they don't, that's part of the pleasure while stitching :-)
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