Vertebrae, ©2014 Brenda Wroe

​Vertebrae   2014
68cm x 144cm

The skeleton of King Richard III was found under a carpark in Leicester in 2013.

Hand-dyed cotton sateen and silk velvet. 

Hand and quilted on a domestic sewing machine.



20th anniversary invited EPM exhibition.
​20th Carrefour Europeen de Patchwork, France 

​Looking Closer

​In 2013 archaeologists discovered the remains of King Richard III under a Leicester carpark, not far from where I now live.  This Plantagenet King was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field in August 1485, a bloody battle which ended the Wars of the Roses and put Tudor King Henry VII on the throne of England.  I have marked this moment of significant historical discovery by the creation of my piece called ‘Vertebrae’. 
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