Significance project: Gawthorpe brief

Figure 1: A pair of Chinese Cuffs, undated.

Researching into Faces & Figures in Embroidery.  ​

It highlights the England embroidery methods throughout 16th – 19th centuries and the purpose of different stitches.   I am continuing the comparison between Anglo-Sino stitches.   ​

The first pair of Chinese cuffs served the purpose of a traditional garment; they were identical.   ​

In the past people have linked restoration to oriental designs, so I have decided to relate this to my own childhood as a native from Hong Kong.  I tried to reaffirm my Asian identity. Through personal experience, I have been experimenting with elements of my own physical identity.

Figure 2: A pair of Chinese Cuffs, undated.

However, on the second pair of Chinese cuffs they were not identical. Each had been noted on the label and were embroidered beautifully. I started thinking about how I can represent them.​

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I plan on linking with my childhood of how I moved in England and I was bullied because of my race and how I felt at the time that I felt the need of removing my Chinese identity, such as bleaching my hair to different colours but black. I change my hair and love to use colour. Within my work, I can use nature and wildlife to document my work and myself within this work.  I want to link to portrait work and develop this within a new style to offer a self-portrait.