Author Archives: Sharon Mossbeck
OPEN CALL – The Fronteer Open 2019
Fronteer presents The Fronteer Open 2019, an open call to submit work to our annual open call exhibition at 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield. The exhibition runs from 26th November to 6th December with the opportunity to win cash prizes of … Continue reading
Open Call – Botanicals Exhibition
SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS EXHIBITION ARE NOW CLOSED Botanicals will be a group exhibition featuring art work relating to a botanical theme. The theme can be interpreted however you wish, and does not need to be overtly botanical. Work can be … Continue reading
Call for Work: The Fronteer Open 2018
Fronteer presents The Fronteer Open, an open call to submit work for an exhibition at 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield from November 19th – December 2nd 2018. With the opportunity to win cash prizes of up to £200. Artists are free to submit … Continue reading
Forgotten Spaces Inspirations
I recently held an exhibition entitled Forgotten Spaces at Basement Arts Project, Leeds, which featured 5 large cross-stitch works in the style of blue prints, shown in a subterranean exhibition space. As a lover of history I have come across … Continue reading
Painting on Aida (Part 2)
My previous post about painting on Aida looked at the beginning of my experiments. After rejecting the idea of either painting or stitching the outline on painted works, I moved forward by embracing the messiness of the process. I … Continue reading
Painting on Aida (Part 1)
A major aim of my Contemporary Art Cross-stitch practice is to push the boundaries of what cross-stitch can be, and attempt to create new ways of working within the medium. I began to experiment with painting on cross-stitch fabric, originally … Continue reading
Making Something Out Of Nothing
As in any of my practice, I hate the excuse that something can’t be done simply because I don’t have the right equipment or materials, or enough money etc. There are creative solutions to these problems if you look hard … Continue reading
Taking Greek Myth to Greece
In May 2017 I was invited to join a group of artists exhibiting in Athens, Greece, as part of Platforms Project 17. I have an interest in Greek Mythology, which often comes into my practice, and so I wanted to … Continue reading
Stars Open Call
Stars Fronteer (fronted by Sharon Mossbeck and Michael Borkowsky) presents Stars, an open call to submit work for an exhibition in Athens, Greece in May 2018. We are asking artists to submit artwork based on the theme of stars for an … Continue reading
Stitching and Un-stitching Work
Aida can be very unforgiving if you make a mistake while sewing. Where the needle passes through the fabric it enlarges the hole, and if the sewing is then unpicked, it leaves behind a trace of where it once was. … Continue reading
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