In Stitches

© Karen Lamb 2010

Blackpool welcomes a friendly invasion of tourists from across the globe each year. Now, startling new evidence has come to light: Tourism has gone inter-galactic...

The aliens are amongst us. They eat our candyfloss, they ride our donkeys, they use our catch phrases.

They are here.

It’s documented – ‘In Stitches’

Lingo and catch phrases captured in cross-stitch by

artist Karen Lamb.

Karen’s most recent assignment was to observe inter-galactic visitors and document their lingo using state-of-the-art technology- Cross-stitch.

We come in pieces

© Karen Lamb 2010

Space invader stencil

© Karen Lamb 2010

To create a background for the artwork I designed a motif.

A fusion of Victorian Parlour meets Space Invader.

I then stencilled it onto fabric.

© Karen Lamb 2010

Later, I stapled the fabric onto plywood panels.

It could only end in tears...

View from Stitch Invasion Headquarters

© Karen Lamb 2010

I thought 'They'll never find me in here!' but I was wrong.

Intergalactic forces had already zapped the building opposite

and created the illusion of a 'Car Park'. Undoubtedly a flimsily

disguised observation area and landing pad.

It was a dead give away when a small green chap with red eyes

and little legs asked me for change for the ticket machine.

The telephone booth on the left could quite possibly be an interplanetary

portal. The entity that emerged from it uttered something alien and reeked of

vinegar but as he was holding a bag of chips at the time, I can't be certain.

Standard alien camouflage is bound to include chips.

'Before' and 'After'

© Karen Lamb 2010

© Karen Lamb 2010

Exterior erosion due to extraterrestrial biological entities trying to delete

documented evidence of their presence.

Or they thought the sign above was missing a letter ' i '.

The Exhibition

© Karen Lamb 2010

© Karen Lamb 2010

In Stitches

Blackpool welcomes a friendly invasion of tourists from across the globe each year. Now, startling new evidence has come to light: Tourism has gone inter-galactic...

The aliens are amongst us. They eat our candyfloss, they ride our donkeys, they use our catch phrases.

They are here.

It’s documented – ‘In Stitches’

Lingo and catch phrases captured in cross-stitch by

artist Karen Lamb.

Karen’s most recent assignment was to observe inter-galactic visitors and document their lingo using state-of-the-art technology- Cross-stitch.