Tulips 644

A text from the book Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse.
About the book: 2 men live there lives, starting at a monastery: Narcissus is the asceet and Goldmund the artist. The book follows the life and works of Goldmund who becomes a sculptor.
From the book I used 13 lines from page 168 which represents my vision as an artist.

These 13 lines are embroidered in tulips on a linnen canvas fabric: each letter has its own color tulip.
There are 24 different letters in the text – so also 24 different color tulips.
Each tulip is 10 cm high. Capitals are higher in lenght. The total field is 170 x 170 cm
The stems are in different shades of green: vowels are in lighter green and consonants are in darker green embroidered. A separate legenda/cushion is embroidered for translation. By interpreting the legenda, the tulip text can be read.

Embroidered at TextielMuseum Tilburg- Netherlands