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High relief embroidery is Julie’s name for a very contemporary way of creating a new look from traditional embroidery. The base fabric can be heavily painted, embossed, stamped, foiled and manipulated in a number of ways. She uses many techniques to update this ancient art form.
Stellar Hubble Series - If you're a regular star gazer or just occassionally captivated by the beauty of the night sky - this is the series for you. These 4 exquisite wall hangings are based on the artist's interpretation of NASA photos of galaxies far, far away. Made of silk fibers and threads and hand beaded. Mats included. Buy your favorites individually, purchase the entire series, or request custom variations on your own celestial images.
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Eye of God Nebula
8" x 10" $180
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Crab Nebula
11" x 14" $225
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Eagle Nebula
11" x 14" $225
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Orion Nebula
11" x 14" $225
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Celtic 1 (part of the upcoming Celtic series)
9” x 12” Wall hanging in an 11” x 14” mat ready for framing
Hand painted velvet, heavily embellished with silk and metallic threads. Based on an ancient stone rubbing the artist made while on vacation in Ireland. $150
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Zodiac Puzzle
9" x 11” Wall hanging in an 11” x 14" cream mat ready for framing
Hand painted with metallic paints, burnt organza, machine embroidery with metallic threads. Hidden among the embellishments are the three Zodiac signs of the Rockhold family. Owned by the artist, she will custom design one with your choice of signs.
$150 Custom designs
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Chaos Theory
6" x 8” Wall hanging in an 8" x 10" blue mat ready to be framed.
Black cotton fabric was used as the base for the metallic foil. Heavily embroidered with silk and metallic threads and burned organza. $80
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Aegean Storm
6” x 9” Wall hanging in an 8" x 10” mat ready for framing
Inspired by a wind storm Julie was caught in while on a trip to Santorini, Greece. This piece has a black velvet base painted with metallic paints, fused metallic fibers and embroidered with metallic and silk threads. $80
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Whirlwind
7" x 9” Wall hanging in an 8" x 10” mat ready for framing
Hand painted velvet, embellished with metallic threads and fibers. Inspired by Dorothy’s tornado. $80
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Harvest Bouquet
10 1/2" x 11" wall hanging in an 11" x 14" burgundy mat, ready to be framed.
This piece and other traditional embroideries were inspired by Julie’s other life as an opera singer. Some of the most beautiful costumes she wore featured stunning hand embroidery. Black taffeta is the base fabric for this classic silk ribbon hand embroidered beauty.
$200 May be ordered in custom colors.
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