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<p><i>Welcome to embroideryart.co.nz Embroidery Art is a showcase of contemporary
embroidery which combines modern art with traditional techniques. This site
provides you with an opportunity to view and find out information about these
unique works of art. Contact Maria NZ Phone: (07) 868 8108 International Phone:
+64 7 868 8108 Email: <a href="mailto:topcats@ihug.co.nz" class="green">topcats@ihug.co.nz</a>"Silk
Boxes" - Fifteen (5x3) individually embroidered silk panels mounted onto
a yellow matt with a gold frame. Orange, purple and cream colours are used to
create a stunning vibrancy. "Silk Boxes" is on exhibition at The Thames
Property Consultants Building.About Embroidery Art Embroidery Art was founded
in 1999, Thames, New Zealand by Maria Stables-Page. Maria started developing
these truly magnificent pieces of embroidery art, pushing embroidery beyond
the realms of tradition. Out of sheer passion for embroidery and art, her creativity
naturally forged the two disciplines. Maria's work has been accepted for a national
exhibition in Wellington and she regularly exhibits both in Thames and across
New Zealand. She continues to produce original embroidered art, usually having
three pieces on the go at any one time. Within the next couple of years, Maria
will be offering workshops in Embroidery Art, using her own talents as an artist
to inspire others to create their own original embroidery art. Maria Stables-Page
I live at Matatoki, a small village south of Thames in the North Island of New
Zealand. My house is surrounded by lush farmland and looks to the southern Coromandel
Range. The inspiration for my embroidery work is all around me. The hills always
change colour. They go soft pink as the sun sets. In bleak weather the cloud
settles into the valleys and turns the hills forty shades of grey. The pasture
around my house changes from green to gold with the seasons change. This is
my inspiration. I have embroidered since I was a little girl, taught to me by
my grandmother who is now 93. Naturally I started to follow patterns in tapestry,
cross stitch and crewel. My involvement with the Thames Valley Embroiderers
Guild introduced me to a wider world of embroidery techniques including hardanqer,
blackwork, kalocka, corn pad embroidery, silk painting, schawm, samplers and
canvas work to name a few. My latest works combine painted silk or canvas surfaces
with a mix of crewel and canvas free style embroidery. I don't use a pattern.
I usually see a finished piece in my head and work towards it. The piece just
happens. Once the colours are chosen the embroidery does itself. I embroider
every day stitching a couple of inches here an there as I try to fit in all
sorts of other exciting things into this life. I live with my husband Geoff,
three cats Hambone (aged 16), Rami (aged 6) and Giuseppe (aged 1), 40 year old
cockatoo Freedie and Gordie the goat (aged 14) on our lifestyle block. I work
full time as a registered raluer, do Kiaido Ryu Martial Arts, bird watch, hike
and drive a morris minor. But I am passionate about embroidery in all its forms
and history. I am foremost an embroiderer who does other things and not the
other way around. "Brown Dress " by Maria Stables-Page Canvas work
embroidery on painted canvas. These colours are inspired by the desert and the
dress is simple in style so the complexity of the stitches are emphasized. Size:
60cm x 50cm "City of Auckland" by Maria Stables-Page Running stitch
embroidery on calico with painted wash sky and sea. Couched sea. Taken from
a photo taken by the embroiderer on a voyage from Auckland to Coromandel. (The
bird is a true representation!) Size: 30cm x 55cm "Green Triangles "
by Maria Stables-Page Canvas work with Tamari ball and painted suede. Mounted
onto medium density fibreboard. Inspiration from Miro the German painter. Size:
55cm x 45cm "State Highway 35" by Maria Stables-Page Predominantly
straight stitches with some colonial and French knots. This embroidery was copied
from a photo in a New Zealand Geographic Magazine. Sky is a painted wash. Size:
20cm x 25cm "Mauve Swirl" by Maria Stables-Page A piece of surface
stichery on calico mounted onto coloured mat and medium density fibreboard.
"Poppies" by Maria Stables-Page Poppies is a repetitive design spun
on an axis. The stitched green ribbon pulls the design together. The poppies
are buttonholed wire sitting proud of the background work. Size: 30cm x 30cm.
"Pulse" by Maria Stables-Page Canvas work embroidery with paua, feathers
and mother of pearl shells. Inspired by objects found in the natural environment.
Techniques used include wrapping dry pasta and couching. Size: 25cm x 60cm "The
Purple Coat" by Maria Stables-Page Canvas work embroidery on painted canvas.
Journey style illustrating colour and stitches used. "Rose Leaves"
by Maria Stables-Page Surface stitch embroidery on black calico mounted onto
thick card on medium density fibre board. I picked a trio of rose leaves and
free style stitched, shading light to dark. The one block facing the opposite
direction reflects that nature is not uniform. Size: 70cm x 50cm "Four
Panel Silk Painting" by Maria Stables-Page. Copper rods top and bottom.
Silk is backed onto different weight and coloured fabric to give a different
effect on each panel. Herring bone together between panels. Variety of stitches
including colonial knots and couching. Interesting dynamics between the colour
changes of the silk and the placement of the couched threads. Size: 100cm x
30cm "Thames Theme" by Maria Stables-Page Maria Stables-Page, of the
Thames Valley Embroiderers' Guild evening group and also a Thames Community
Board member, wanted to embrace everything about the natural landscape of Thames
into a vibrancy that would get the viewer excited about Thames itself. The design
shows the district's golden days reflected beneath the ferns and nikau of the
bush, the Thames river renowned for its delightful fish, the mighty kauri trunk,
Firth of Thames, Oyster Catchers, mudflats, beaches, mangroves and waterfalls.
Size: 1.5m x .9m COMMUNITY PROJECT "Silk Boxes " by Maria Stables-Page
Fifteen (5x3) individually embroidered silk panels mounted onto a yellow matt
with a gold frame. Orange, purple and cream colours are used to create a stunning
vibrancy. Size: 55cm x 90cm </i></p>
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