Rosemary Burd
Medium Photography & Textiles
Studio 465, 1000 parker St, Vancouver
Instagram: @rosemaryburd.art
I have always been a maker, but it is only in the last few years that I discovered my tools for making art: a needle and thread. What began as a fascination with the simple running stitch used in Japanese sashiko embroidery has developed into a stitching practice that is equal parts exploration and meditation. I stitch light and colour on my own jerky iPhone photographs with lustrous embroidery thread; I stitch calm, concentric circles on multi-layered fabric to create my ‘portals’; and I stitch found objects and repurposed fabrics into dense, tangled constructions. I am self taught as an embroiderer and a photographer.
Since stitching my first pieces in 2021, my artwork has been included in group shows in Toronto, Vancouver, on Vancouver Island, and on the Sunshine Coast. I am looking forward to my first two-person show at the Kay Meek Arts Centre this coming fall.
