Fabric Pictures (1958)

Kensington, London. Artist Eugenie Alexander makes pictures from fabric. Various shots of Eugenie sketching a scene then cutting out and sewing pieces of fabric onto a backing cloth. She uses a sewing machine. Eugenie s husband is Bernard Carter also a well known artist comes into Eugenie s workroom. He picks up one of Eugenie s creations a dragonfly study using various fabrics and metallic thread. Europa and the Bull is another fabric painting this time worked completely by hand. Other applique artworks are seen including a portrait of Elizabeth I. Narrator observes that housewives all over the country with a little talent might well take up and warns the men in the audience not to leave their clothes around or presumably they will get cut up. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT