'I am made of porcelain'

Lo and behold: another embroidered ditty I've finished, all fabric upcycled and a doillie I've picked up at Boscombe Vintage Market. Plus the dress I'm wearing is a vintage number I picked up from Bobo's Emporium on Etsy, that arrived swiftly over the weekend. I had to show it off :) 

This is prolly my most precious embroidery to date. The text is a sample of the poem 'Porcelain' that I started way back in 2005, and finished in 2009.  Below is the poem in its entirety...

Before I give you my bare skin

be tender,

it's fragile and thin

and with the most passionate touch

can shatter.

I am made of porcelain.

Before you drape your arms around me

consider,

I fail beneath weight

and as with fine china

can shatter.

I crack under pressure.

Before you caress my white skin

remember,

don't hold me too passionately

for I am so thin.

My bones are gaunt and ghost-like,

my eyes - translucent as resin.

My frame is that of fine china.

I am made of porcelain.

I want to finish with a song, a precious li'l number from the Red Hot Chili Peppers that I adore.

Porcelain...

all my love,

Nina x

ps Katie wants me to apologise on her behalf for not posting often on the blog and communicating much of her ideas at the mo, because she's doing her GCSEs next year and is sitting exams for the next few weeks, so is busy with her books, the clever lass. But she has some stunning drawings that I might have to stealthily snap from her sketch book to show y'all! ;)