wunderkammer 2003 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk with cotton velvet 113x65x10 cm collection of Hampshire County Council This piece was made for the 62 Group exhibition In Place at the Harley Gallery, Welbeck. It is about the collection of the excentric 5th Duke of Portland, the former owner of the estate
queen elizabeth’s wardrobe revamp’d 2002
Paddy Killer2014-12-02T10:04:36+00:00queen elizabeth's wardrobe revamp'd item 8 - jacket for a jubilee 2002 drawing, stencilling and machine embroidery on silk and cotton velvet private collection The jacket was made for the 62 Group exhibition In Context at the V&A in 2002. Statement from the exhibition catalogue: "Historical textiles rarely inform my work, although I give workshops on 16th [...]
my happy? family 2002
Paddy Killer2014-11-19T22:26:42+00:00my happy? family or I haven't voted since your father died as I don't have to cancel out his vote 2002 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin, silk, and cotton velvet 50x29x4cm private collection Made for the 62 Group exhibition Red at Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery. It depicts Paddy with her family as in a [...]
researching grandfather 2001
Paddy Killer2014-11-19T22:27:31+00:00researching grandfather 2001 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk 91x77.5 cm collection of bankfield museum, halifax Made for the 62 Group exhibition A Collective Response at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. The exhbition was so called for artists to respond to the collections in the museum. The piece illustrates the life of Paddy's grandfather who was a soldier [...]
jane and the garden station 2000
Paddy Killer2014-11-19T22:34:26+00:00jane and the garden station 2000 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk painted wood frame 87x58 cm private collection exhibited at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead in the 62 Group show Out of the Garden in 2000. It is a portrait of Jane Torday, writer and horticulturalist, outside The Garden Station. Jane started her business, The Garden Station, in the old railway station at Langley [...]
ombra mai fu 1998
Paddy Killer2014-11-02T18:55:11+00:00ombra mai fu 1998 50x50cm drawing and machine embroidery on silk private collection Ombra Mai Fu is an aria from Serse by Handel. It is also known as Handel's Largo. Surely, any self-respecting Persian King would have Persian cats!
dionysus 1997
Paddy Killer2014-11-25T13:07:11+00:00dionysus 1997 273x106 cm drawing, bonding and painting on antung and organza silks collection of leeds city council at lotherton hall Made for the In Arkadia touring exhibition. It represents a statuesque Dionysus with his rhyton and thursus standing on an altar draped with some of his other attributes.
henry purcell pillow 1992
Paddy Killer2014-11-02T21:10:21+00:00henry purcell pillow 1992 75x73 cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on honan silk private collection a precursor of the Counterpane for Dido and Aeneas. Made for the exhibition Take a Seat in Kings Lynn
little mermaid counterpane 1991
Paddy Killer2021-08-05T15:29:21+00:00little mermaid counterpane 1991 250x190cm drawing, painting & machine embroidery on satin and silk private collection This counterpane was made for the book Fairytale Quilts and Embroidery by Gail Harker in 1992, published by Merehurst, ISBN 1 85391 145 3, pp86-89, 139. It illustrates the fairytale by Hans Christian Anderson. The images are of the counterpane [...]
dutch cows and caterpillar legs 1989
Paddy Killer2014-10-30T12:31:51+00:00dutch cows and caterpillar legs 1989 65x40cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection In 1989 Paddy was one of 7 international textile artists invited to work with computerized multi-head embroidery machines in an art and industry project organised by Beatrijs Sterk of Deutsches Textileforum, with Z.S.K. Stickmachinen Gessellschaft mbH, Krefeld, Germany. This piece reflects the [...]
