tunnel vision 1996 drawing in ink and watercolour on paper commission for sustrans drawing for a LandArt commission on the Sustrans C2C Cycle path, for an embankment design and planting on the Edinburgh/London Railway line at Chester le Street. The project was a collaboration between Paddy and horticulturist and writer Jane Torday. Jane subsequently created [...]
an aspiring hat 1994 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk & cotton velvet public collection commissioned by Hereford Museums, this steeple henin and wimple hat celebrates Hereford, with imagery sourced around the city. Crockets decorate a spire - Hereford Cathedral's spire fell down
cha'i-fu cheng 1994 250x250 cm drawing, painting, and machine embroidery on silk and cotton velvet private collection A private commission reflecting the nationalities of the commissioners - English & Chinese.The design is informed by a Cha'i Fu, a Mandarin's robe, and Medieval imagery from the Cluny Museum in Paris
barmy knight or balmy night or balmy knight or barmy night 1994 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on antung silk and silk organza public collection made for the Riches of Stitches exhibition at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow. It was purchased for Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth Collection, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley, Lancashire. It is inspired by a dream and 16thC tooled armour [...]
the pillars of art 1994 235x140 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum, Halifax a site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum in Halifax. It is a quardratura view includes Edward Akroyd who built it, his life and details found in the museum and aspects of Halifax. Paddy and her cats are in it. [...]
henry 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
waves counterpane 1993 250x250 cm drawing, painting, marbling, and machine embroidery on antung silk private collection A marine inspired counterpane to fit a bed by Cebuan de la Rochette. It was a private commission and Paddy worked with the interior designer
cupola hat 1993 drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet private collection commissioned by the Collins Gallery in Glasgow to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of Scottish neoclassical architect and designer, Robert Adam. It represents a cupola roof. The ornament is sourced from the Etruscan room at Osterley Park in west London. [...]
stellae blundellae 1993 170x90cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk private collection a private commission, Stars of the Blundells, celebrating the birth signs and interests of the commissioners
drawing for waves counterpane 1993 41x59 cm drawing and watercolour on paper collection of the V&A Museum, London working drawing for the Waves Counterpane. It was purchases for the Word and Image department of the V&A in London. The drawing is in the book Embroidery Designs for Fashion and Furnishings: Moira Thunder, V&A Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978 1 85177 814 0, [...]
