A Grimsby Girl's World Tour
A Grimsby Girl’s World Tour series of imagined Journeys has featured the Grimsby Girl’s trips to Bogota, Colombia, Outer Space, Tokyo, Japan, Copenhagen, Denmark, Madrid, Spain, Brooklyn, NYC, USA, & Vancouver, Canada.
The Grimsby Girl is my Mum, Muriel May Stone. She never had the opportunity to travel outside the Uk in her lifetime so in this series I take her to places I or my work have visited and enjoyed. I know that she would have loved to see them too!
Sue Stone
Grimsby, England
A Grimsby Girl's World Tour • Massachusetts, Pitcher DesignSue Stone imagines her mother, Muriel, who never left the UK in her lifetime, embarking on a journey to a Shaker village in New England. Through a blend of narrative, textural detail, paint, and stitch, Sue evokes the essence of a journey beyond borders, which transcends time and place. Hand and machine stitch with acrylic paint on cotton calico Size:28 x 30 cms
A Grimsby Girl’s World Tour • Madrid, Pitcher DesignBorn in 1913 she was not able to travel during her lifetime and had very few opportunities in life to pursue her artistic and musical interests. She left school aged 13 and was apprenticed to a tailor. It was a hard life with no recognition of her talents as a seamstress. She loved singing and was a talented contralto. Here in another life, alongside her best friend she travels to Madrid to study music and theatre. Size: 48.5 x 59 cms Materials:Linen & cotton recycled clothing fabrics, Cotton & linen threads Techniques: Hand & Machine Embroidery
A Grimsby Girl’s World Tour • Copenhagen, Pitcher DesignCapturing the essence of Sue Stone’s creative practice: a poignant narrative and a limited colour palette, combine with hand stitch, machine stitch, surface texture, appliqué and paint to create the allusion of a journey to another place and time. Muriel, the artist’s mother, never travelled outside the UK in her lifetime; here she travels to Copenhagen where her grandson, Sam currently lives. The pair never met as Muriel died 3 weeks before Sam was born. Size 30 x 30 cms Materials: Linen fabric, applied sari silk, acrylic paint Techniques: mixed media
A Grimsby Girl’s World Tour •Vancouver, Pitcher DesignInspired by a visit to the Museum of Anthropology UBC, Canada in 2018. Size: 23 x 23 cms Materials: Coton & linen fabrics and threads Techniques: Hand stitch & Appliqué
A Grimsby Girl’s World Tour • Brooklyn NYC, Pitcher DesignInspired by a trip to NYC in 2019 Size: 31 x 45 cms Materials: Recycled French linen tea towel, cotton thread Techniques: Hand & Machine stitch,