I was shocked to read that Jennifer Ashley Taylor had died via a lovely obituary from Gay Ann Rogers.
http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/2010/07/jennifer-taylor.html
I did not know her at all well but she was gracious and friendly when we met and she did the stitching world a great favor with her photography skills, her dedication to Japanese Embroidery and by setting up the Needle Artworks website to allow needlework teachers to reach a wider audience with their books, charts and designs. The Stitch and Fiber of the month area on the site were essential to my learning when I first began to explore threads and stitches for needlepoint.
http://www.needleartworks.com/stm/sfindex.htm
I know she left many students of Japanese Embroidery and photography behind her as well as many instructional booklets for beautiful Japanese Embroidery such as the Gold 'n Robes piece shown above. She also leaves me with good memories of time spent in her company.
In her honor I post one last link to her photo gallery of Japanese Embroidery from all over. It was Jennifer's hope that this gallery inspire students of this art. It's just an accident that it inspires me as well.
http://needleartworks.com/edu/je/gallery/gallery_list.htm
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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