Tag Archives: Death

Stitching and Un-stitching Work

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Sharon Mossbeck

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 →

Posted in Art, Cross stitch | Tagged art, art work, artist, Blog, contemporary art, contemporary art cross-stitch, cross stitch, Death, embroidery, experiments, greek, greek key, Greek Myth, loyalty, marriage, odyssey, Penelope, sewing, textileart, wife, workshop | Leave a comment

Measure: An Exhibition at Sheffield Cathedral

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Sharon Mossbeck

Measure: An exhibition at Sheffield Cathedral. British art group Oracles have undertaken a project to explore the human soul. The group is made up of Gill Alderson, Michael Borkowsky, Sylvia Causer, Andrea Freeman, and Sharon Mossbeck. Each of the … Continue reading →

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Curious Cabinets

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Sharon Mossbeck

Curious Cabinets opens its doors on Friday 21st Oct. The exhibitions has work by 15 artists all based on the idea of cabinets of curiosity. Thanks to a successful Crowdfunding campaign, and donations from Dulux, we have been able to … Continue reading →

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New Cross-stitch Work

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Sharon Mossbeck

I’m starting several new projects at the moment, but the ones I actually have under way already are cross-stitched based works. The first is a piece of work I have had in mind for years, based on the Ancient Greek … Continue reading →

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3 weeks of stitching

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Sharon Mossbeck

I’ve been spending the last few weeks working on my large cross-stitch. I’ve estimated that, based on the progress I’ve made so far, if I spend 3 days a week working on it until November I should have it mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cross stitch | Tagged Byzantine Dome, church, Conceptual art, contemporary art, cross stitch, current projects, Death, Medieval, Religion, Residency, Time | 1 Comment

Thoughts on Religion

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Sharon Mossbeck

I was quite young when I realised that I didn’t believe in God. I had always gone to an Anglican Methodist church school, yet they failed to install any sense of belief in me. I remember the church being so … Continue reading →

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The Thoughts Behind My Work

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Sharon Mossbeck

I’ve been unhappy for a while with the content that I put into my blog. The problem is, because I tend to work on several ideas at once, I end up just writing about what I’m up to, rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged art, Atheist, Blog, Conceptual art, Death, life and death, Religion | 10 Comments