Dorie Millerson begins each piece by making a drawing inspired by an old family photograph.  Next, the artist transfers her drawing to fabric and outlines the image with stitches. But this is only the beginning – using the ancient technique of needlepoint lace, Millerson uses cotton sewing thread to fill the interior of the outline with stitches that add depth, color and texture to her subjects.

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Bridge, detail

The final step in this process is to release the stitches from the fabric and suspend the piece to create large-scale shadows from the small-scale works.  The result is magical.  Even the names called out to me:  House, Bridge, Attachments…we can all relate.

Attachments, 2005, needlepoint lace, cotton

Attachments, detail

Bridge, 2006, needlepoint lace, cotton

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