Gallery
Debby’s work uses a variety of materials yet a similar approach to all the work, building up layers, relishing texture and detail.
![Firebird](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DebbyBird-Mixedmedia2021-300x225.jpg)
Firebird, Mixed media, Painted fabric collage with free motion stitch
![fledgling](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo2-247x300.jpg)
“Fledgling” fabric collage and freemotion embroidery stitch. ![blue morpho endangered approx 100cmx175cm](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blue-morpho-endangered-225x300.jpg)
- Created from recycled fabrics and iridescent fibres this is a large scale wall hanging.
The Blue Morpho butterfly is an endangered species and metaphor for transformation.
![Breezy day on the Cornish Coast](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/textiles-153-300x225.jpg)
“Breezy day on the Cornish Coast.” batik on silk![pearl silver pod](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pearl-silver-pod-300x225.jpg)
- silver textured with lace, fold formed around freshwatwer pearls.
![sense of wellbeing, paper sculpture](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PICT8961-300x221.jpg)
“Sense of wellbeing”, paper sculpture prototype for a large scale installation hung in Horfield Health Centre
![Mapping the senses Yellowstone](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10-Mapping-the-senses-Yellowstone-300x199.jpg)
Mapping the senses Yellowstone, silk paper collage with free motion stitching
![Surface of the stream](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/11-Surface-of-the-stream-300x199.jpg)
“Surface of the stream”, skeleton leaves, silk fibres, stitch
![Agapanthus Tresco](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Agapanthus-Trescotest-3-300x199.jpg)
silk batik
![batik](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/0-Deb-bird-52-egerton-rd-Copy-300x199.jpg)
“from Eve’s garden” batik
![origins](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2-origins-300x199.jpg)
“Origins” , silk cocoon fibre, free motion stitch
![Deb Bird mixed media artist 2011](http://www.debbybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Deb-Bird-mixed-media-artist-2011-300x225.jpg)