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MR Dixon working on some embroidery.
thought any kind of necdlecrafl was women’s work. But he got hooked on tapestry work when his wife,
A W H O L E W O R L D O F O R I E N T A L
THEY say you are never too old to learn. And that’s certainly the case for Barnoldswick pen sioner Mr Jim Dixon, who taught himself the intricacies of tapestry work at the age of 68! Dixon, of Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, had always
fascinated and over the past two years has gone on to complete an amazing 40 canvases in all shapes and sizes. Graduating from simple individual, flower samplers to his
Betty, now sadly deceased, was ill. She had been working on a picture of a geisha girl when she became ill and asked her husband if he' would stitch the black fencing for her. While he wasn’t too keen at first, Mr Dixon soon became
most complex, a crystal vase full of multi-coloured flowers which took 80,000 stitches, was a gradual process, but Mr Dixon admits he is now completely hooked and always has at least three pieces of work on the go. As his skills improved, so did his search for more and more difficult subjects and the Laughing Cavalier that
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graces his fireplace wall is a masterpiece which has brought him a lot of praise.
year, he works at a phenomenal rate. So much so, that in his second year he was actually able to stage his own exhi bition of work in Barnoldswick Library, when lie sold 17 out of the 24 pictures on display.
While many people struggle to complete one picture a
One lady even rang him afterwards to ask if he would complete a canvas that had been in her work basket for the
far and wide and he makes up exhibition samples for Brosna Needlework, a Gargrave firm. Through them he has completed a copy of a 14th century plate for a London museum and a marvellous reproduction ol an old cinema projection scene, using a combination of long stitches for the background and main characters, and minute stitches for the screen image. This is now on display at the Museum of Motion Pictures, also in the capital. A shy and retiring man normally, Mr Dixon opens up when asked to discuss his new found hobby and says it has
previous 25 years. His reputation as a skilled craft worker has now spread
opened up a whole new aspect to his life. Visiting shows, chatting to other enthusiasts anil even
giving talks to groups seems a far cry away lrom his lormer working life as a turner at Roll-Royce Ltd. But, as he says: “Turning called for great precision and so is not too differ
expensive, Mr Dixon also mastered the techniques of fram ing, using double sided carpet tape to secure them to the
ent from tapestry when you think about it.” When the cost of framing all his canvases became too
hacking, which meant the back of his work had to he as neat
as the front. He has no particular preference for the subjects he tack
les and over the past two years has worked on floral and wildlife subjects, as well as reproductions of the old mas terpieces, like the Laughing Cavalier and the Mona Lisa. Now Mr Dixon has set himself a new challenge — to
opposed to tapestry, so 1 have joined a class this time rather than teaching myself," he says. A nd if the present scene he is working on here is any thing to go by, he is going to enjoy the same success in this
grasp the artistry of embroidery. "There are a lot more different stitches in embroidery, as
new venture. “Mv wife was an excellent needlewoman and by introduc
ing me to tapestry work she gave me a marvellous hobby that has cwnetl up a whole new world for me." he
concluded. O
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