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Friday 17 June 2011

Hendrik Stroebel

I have just returned from stopping off at one of our local galleries to see this most magnificent exhibition by a local artist, Hendrik Stroebel.  I have seen a couple of his pieces before but this is the first solo exhibition I have seen and am blown away.  He heads up the ceramics department at our local Technical College but his second love is these hand embroidered panels set either in a collage form or on there own in one of his ceramic frames. Here goes.....



8 comments:

  1. Does he do his own embroidery? It's gorgeous too. The colour palate is very intricate and subtle.
    Dianne

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  2. He must have a complete range of embroidery thread and works with stranded thread, working three colours in at a time. His detail and perspective on really quite small pieces is incredible. He has a site if you Google.

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  3. Absolutely beautiful. I am thrilled to see them - thanks so much, Phil. How big are they? Were they very expensive?

    This combination of the softness of the embroidery and the hardness of the ceramic reminds me of the work of Trish Hassler. She combines her little quilts with rough iron frames she has cut with a welding torch.

    http://www.trishahassler.com/maind.html

    Also of the work of Janet Haigh who combines embroidery and enameled pieces.

    http://janethaigh.wordpress.com/

    An interesting way to work - worth exploring and experimenting I think...

    Hilary

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  4. The sizes varied ... the Thistle was approx 6 x 4 inch plus the ceramic surround. Some of the collage pieces are quite small but what he does with the thread is amazing.

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  5. I had a feeling they might be small. He has a fantastic understanding of how to blend colours/threads. I had one small experience and it was an eye-opener as to how you need to 'see' tonal variations as well as hue.

    Hilary

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  6. embroidery cotton has 6 strands he split them to 1 and then blend a few colours to get the col he wants.He does the embr and know what frame he would like as it one art work. 1 small embr. can take from 70 to 120 hours to do

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  7. Thank you 'Anonymous' - it is always interesting to hear about the process. That just makes the end result even more awesome for me.

    Hilary

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  8. Also bear in mind that it is not something trying to look like embroidery, but embroidery used to represent the images from memory.
    In relation to Hillary's question - not expensive at all when you consider the hours and cost to the eyes ! For the record small ones are about ZAR 10 000 and the large ones range from ZAR 100 000 to 318 000.
    You can contact the gallery itself for a catalogue with some amazing close up pictures - to be released this coming week.

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