Michelle Carragher - A Game of Thrones

A few weeks ago, our Chairman Wyn and I were lucky enough to travel to the South East (West) Regional Day at St Albans. The guest speakers were Michelle Carragher, who is one of the principal embroiderers for the Sky series Game of Thrones, and Diana Springall, who is a past chair of the Embroiderers' Guild, renowned textile artist, and collector of textile art. 
The main purpose of our expedition was to see the work of Michelle Carragher, and she was so generous in her display of textile samples for handling and photographing that I thought that I would do the right thing and share them with you. (Unfortunately I didn't manage to steal any.) 
Michelle is self-taught so some of her methods are unconventional.

Some of the embroidery from the costume of the Queen of Dragons, the manipulation of the fabric is meant to resemble the scales of the dragons

Many of Michelle's pieces include detached work

The Direwolf sigil (symbol) of the house of Stark

Michelle Carragher in conversation with Diana Springall

Another detached piece, heavily worked on a background of net 

and then cut out. 

Fantasy insects

Embroidery for a costume for the House of Dorn

Covered buttons, worked on larger pieces of fabric