The Sentinels

Artist Statement

Lynda uses both hand and machine embroidery techniques; her creative process “just a matter of following the thread”.

Holding a BA Hons in Creative Embroidery and a BSc Hons in Environmental Science, the latter informs her creative work and her concerns about our destruction of the natural world and subsequent biodiversity loss.

The Sentinels are guarding the last trees and these creatures literally just materialised from the fabric as she was stitching – there was no pre-sketching or drawing or planning. They appear as an illustrative hybrid of the Book of Kells and Indian Miniatures and ask that we bear witness.

Hand & Lock The Prize 2024 Finalist.