Monthly Archives: May 2012

Honeysuckle (more rambling)

By Mary Addison | Published: May 31, 2012

Medieval literature employs flowers and trees symbolically much more than we are used to today.  Marie de France, about whom we know very little, wrote 12-15 narrative poems (or lais) in a rather jaunty chatty style, inspired by the songs of Breton minstrels. One of these is called Chevrefoil. In English it is known as […]

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The beginning and Honeysuckle

By Mary Addison | Published: May 17, 2012

Embroidery is often seen as a lowly art form – if it is seen as an art form at all – so it has been a real joy to discover just how many people  are excited enough to blog about what they create and what has inspired them. In general I have found the visual […]

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