<figure class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_15135" style="width: 300px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15135">Rachel Wright’s book, “Dreams of Amarna,” will help you develop your own creative skills.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_15137" style="width: 300px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15137">One of Rachel Wright’s recent projects is this embroidery of Aethelflaed. Read about how she’s developed the piece in her blog.</figcaption></figure>We’re joined this week by artist Rachel Wright of VirtuoSew Adventures. Ancient history, particularly Egypt, is what captivates and drives her embroidery. For Rachel, it’s not the finished product that she enjoys. It’s the process of developing a piece and the many adjustments that are involved in getting the needlework to tell the story she wants shared and does so in just the right way. When she needs a break from, what is intense work, she turns to canvas work for an escape. Her approach and insight into her inspiration can be explored in her book, “Dreams of Amarna: Stitching an Egyptological Adventure.” According to Anthea Godfrey, Artistic Director, The Embroiderers Guild, “Dreams of Amarna is an inspirational book that explores Rachel Mary Wright’s passion for ancient Egyptian culture and art. Her enthusiasm for reinventing the visual ideas she has come to admire manifests itself in her own textile journey, which will, I’m sure, encourage embroiderers to do the same.”—Gary

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<figure class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_15138" style="width: 280px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15138">This interpretation of William Marshall is an example of Rachel’s Opus Anglicanum work.</figcaption></figure>You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, and Podbean. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Rachel Wright. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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