Gaelle Chassery

As our Dream Map Project* unfolds, I will be featuring artists taking part in this collaborative piece of art. Today we hear from Lucy Smyth, whose Dream is called " Sprinting on water / My Enchanted Boots," made with calico, embroidery thread, watercolour paint. Lucy Says, "In my dream, I wore enchanted boots and ran across a shining body of water, faster and faster, the landscape strange and beautiful. As the shore drew near, I realised I hadn’t learned how to stop — and yet, somehow, I did, with grace. This dream arrived when movement felt difficult in waking life. I woke with joy in my limbs. Stitching this piece has let me revisit that feeling, a gift I carry with me.   I am an Irish-born multidisciplinary artist and illustrator based in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, Victoria. Working across textiles, painting, illustration, and digital media, my practice is rooted in a deep appreciation for nature, pattern, history, and mythology. I create work that weaves ...

  As our Dream Map Project* unfolds, I will be featuring artists taking part in this collaborative piece of art. Today we hear from Lori Wells, whose Dream is called  “The Woman with Three Names” and was made with c otton sheeting, wool felt, and cotton Sachiko thread. Here is what Lori says about her Dream: " In dream circle, when I brought this dream, I was asked, 'what are your 3 sacred names?' Without thinking, I replied, 'Laurel, born of Michael, the Sound of Deep Water.' My given name is Lori Michelle Wells. I translated Laurel, Protect, and Water Song into Norse and stitched the words in an Anglo-Saxon version of runes. Here we are, my positive shadow helper and I, stitching sacred symbols into my art studio, which is now called the Enchanted Hatchery.  I am decorating the outside of my art studio with a woman. She’s helping me sew a sacred design right into the wood. I never used to like her much, but now I am grateful for her knowledge of meaning and magi...

As our Dream Map Project* unfolds, I will be featuring artists taking part in this collaborative piece of art. Today we hear from Natalie Tyler, who trained as a print textile designer at CSM and designed commercially  for the fashion sector as well as being a visiting lecturer to Fashion, Textiles and  Jewellery courses. She has developed a love of embroidery which has helped her to  explore and experiment with pattern, imagery and texture. A love of still life inspires  her work. Natalie's Dream is called “Hand in Day” and was made with v arious embroidery threads and beads on cotton. Here is what she says about it:  "I was a freelance print designer and had a weekly hand in. Deadline was feared and celebrated, depending how the week had progressed. My friend was there handing in her beautiful designs. My turn came and I produced tiny pieces of fabrics that got fainter until there were only outlines of print. Met with silence and bewilderment, I remembered I d...