Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are computers involved?
A: No
Q: Do you draw or paint on the canvas?
A: No
Q: How long does a piece take to do ?
A: Up to 400 hours or more!!!
Q: Is there any collage involved?
A: No
Q: What happens when you make a mistake do
you unpick it?
A: No I do not make mistakes!!!
Q: Do you draw it first ?
A: Yes, but on a piece of paper which I put next to the sewing machine.
I am a proficient drawer and painter.
Q: Is it a special sewing machine?
A: No, but I prefer Bernina.
Q: Do you give Lessons?
A: Yes I have taught in USA, UK, and throughout Australasia contact me for details.
Q: Do you use cameras or photography?
A: No and I don't use computers either.
Q: Are your images original?
A: Yes they come from my dreams people I meet and nature. They are all
copyright.
Q: Where do your faces come from ?
A: Real people and dreams.
Q: Who taught you?
A: I am formally trained as a fine artist but I have self taught myself
machine embroidery.
Q: When did you start?
A: Before I started primary school I used to draw cartoons on my dolls
clothes with my grandmothers sewing machine.
Q: How many coloured threads do you use?
A: Not as many as I used to. I now use optical mixing in the tradition of
the Impressionist Artists like Monet and Seurat.
Q: Do you practice other art forms?
A: My whole life is art, I draw all my work first, I paint and I make
one off exclusive museum pieces of wearable art.
Q: Which art medium do you prefer?
A: I find the detail I can achieve with machine embroidery is so fine that this makes this my favourite medium.
Q: What is the correct name for this art-form?
A:FAFME or Fine Art Freestyle Machine Embroidery It has also been called Free Machine Embroidery, Freestyle Machine embroidery,
Freehand Machine Embroidery, Machine Embroidery and Thread
Painting.
Q: Do you Embroider clothes?
A: Yes as matter of fact I do not own any clothes that I have not made
and I embellish them all. I am active in the worldwide wearable art
movement
Q: Ask Cheryl A
question?
A:
cheryl@bridgart.com