Dress Waltz

Dress Waltz. Watercolor and ink on paper. 11X15". Sarah Blevins, 2013.

The Phantom and Christine

The Phantom and Christine. Watercolor and ink on paper. 11X15". Sarah Blevins. 2013.

Great, White Bear at the Door

Great, White Bear at the Door. Watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint on paper. 11X15". The white bear propositions the poor farmer: If he gives his most beautiful daughter to the bear to live with him east of the sun, and west of the moon, he will receive great wealth and a comfortable life for himself and all of his children. Sarah Blevins, 2013.

Elwe Finds Melian in the Starlit Woods of Nan Elmoth

Elwe Finds Melian in the Starlit Woods of Nan Elmoth. Watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint on paper. 11X15". The elvenking Elwe wanders into the starlit forest, where he meets Melian, a goddess who enchants him and keeps him with her in the forest for 100 years. Sarah Blevins, 2013.

Nimrodel, Lost in the Mountains

Nimrodel, Lost in the Mountains.Watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint on paper. 11X15". Nimrodel journeyed to meet her lover, Amroth, where he waited for her by the sea, but as she crossed the Misty Mountains, she was lost and never heard from again.

Amroth, Taken From Port by a Violent Storm

Amroth, Taken From Port by a Violent Storm. Watercolor and ink on paper. 11X15". Amroth waited for his love, Nimrodel, to meet him by the sea so they could sail away into the Undying Lands together, but she never came. As Amroth waited, a violent storm ripped his tethered ship from port and out to sea. In madness driven by distress, Amroth leapt from his ship into the sea to swim back to the shore where he hoped to look or wait for Nimrodel forever. Neither of the two lovers was ever heard from again. Sarah Blevins, 2013.

What Is It?

What Is It? Watercolor, and ink on paper. 11X15". Astronauts working on a satellite encounter a strange, glowing orb floating around them, as if interested in their presence  in space. Sarah Blevins, 2014.

Another one of my passions, and probably the most tedious of all the hundreds of passions I claim, is beaded embroidery. My beaded embroidery contrasts the simplicity of the pieces in the Spirals and Vortexes series by being anything but open, breezy, or of simple design. My beaded work is heavy, literally and aesthetically, and thick with thousands of tiny beads. The shapes evoke those of the blossoms in oriental motif and textile design.

Red and Blue Flowers

8" in diameter, Czech glass seed beads, silver, ceramic, and mono-filament on ticking cloth 

Sarah Blevins, 2013

Rushing of Wings

So, you know how cool it is to look up and see a thousand little birds flocking together in the air, wings rushing as one, making the sound of a wind? This piece is the first of the Vortex series, which inspired by vortexes of birds in the sky. Hundreds of french knots and straight stitches create the pieces in this series.

Green Vortex

8" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013

The sixth piece in the Spirals series.

Lake

10" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013

The fifth piece in the Spirals series.

Warmth

8" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013

The fourth piece in the Spirals series.

Whispers
10" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth
Sarah Blevins, 2013

Blue Spirals

The third piece in the Spirals series.

Ripples

10" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013

Red Spirals

Here is the second piece of the Spirals series.

Red Spirals

10" in diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013

First Embroidery On This Blog

I christen this blog with the first of many (hopefully) embroidery pieces! This was the original Spiral piece in my series of Spirals. It's still inspiring new pieces! There's something about embroidering these spirals and seeing stitches and colors intermingle that is really meditative.

Whirlpools

8" diameter, cotton thread on ticking cloth

Sarah Blevins, 2013