Naomi Ryder is a textile artist and illustrator from London, England.
“With a background in textile and fashion embroidery and with her highly developed observational skills, Naomi has received commissions from fashion designers such as John Rocha, Domino records, Southbank Centre (depicting members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra) and the V & A. Naomi has also run workshops at the V & A and the Fashion and Textiles Museum, London.
Naomi has just completed a residency at the Muir Arts Trust “whose open studios, workshop and individual display will complement the stunning exhibition of embroidery and textiles, “Splendid Stitches”, at the Buckinghamshire County Museum.
Naomi loves to draw as much as she does to sew and in this residency she will be employing both skills to create stitched portraits of people: those involved with or visiting the museum as well as the local life of Aylesbury. Naomi’s open studio, workshop and talk will allow visitors to engage with her work and see for themselves how much life and movement can be created in stitch.
I always admire free machine embroidery artists, dropping those feed dogs to make cool illustrative pieces. Naomi epitomises this style, and it’s great to see her commercial successes continuing.
You can see Naomi’s work as part of the Splendid Stitches and Exotic Embroideries exhibition at Buckingham County Museum running until 6th July 2013, or visit her website to find out what she does next. One thing’s for sure, she’s on an upward trajectory!
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The Cutting & Stitching Edge is brought to you in association with PUSH: Stitchery, the must-have embroidered art book by Mr X Stitch !
Paul Nosa is an artist from Tucson, Arizona.
“I draw with a sewing machine without a computer or template. I’ve made a portable sewing table powered by a solar panel or a bicycle electric generator.
“I ask people to imagine a scenario; to say it in 5-words-or-less, and I sew a patch for them on the spot. People can ride the bicycle and generate the electricity for their own patch.
“My goal is to inspire people’s creativity and to demonstrate alternative energy sources.”
Paul’s approach to stitching is so cool. It’s really raw and instant. It’s improvisational and I think it’s fantastic.
Not only does Paul innovate with the pedal powered sewing machine, the speed and response to people’s ideas is unlike anything I’ve seen thus far. It’s freestyle hip-hop with a needle and thread. It’s hella cool.
Find out more about Paul at his website, and be slightly astonished at all the other strings to his bow.
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The Cutting & Stitching Edge is brought to you in association with PUSH: Stitchery, the must-have embroidered art book by Mr X Stitch !
Jose Romussi is an embroidery artist from Chile.
“Becoming an artist was a natural process for me, since I became an artist overnight, skipping most of the steps required. Finding my style came to me as naturally as becoming an artist…
“I am have always had in mind that there is more to what is tangible and visible and I have the believe that not everything has already been done. Therefore I am constantly exploring and discovering new techniques and materials to express and represent my ideas, a reflection of my inspirations, turning them into artworks.”
It’s not the first time we’ve seen stitching on black and white photography, with Maurizio Anzeri and Stacey Page being notable examples. Jose’s work is interesting as it flits between punk edginess and graceful elegance.
The text pieces have that commercial coolness that fashion magazines will lap up at the moment, whereas the Dancer pieces extend the elegance, adding another layer of beauty to the images presented. It’s curious that he’s using machine embroidery in some of the pieces, yet it looks like hand embroidery on others – I wonder whether he’ll keep switching between them.
It’s early days for this artist, but he’s clearly making waves and doing a great job of keeping embroidery cool. Find out more by visiting his profile on Cargo Collective.
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The Cutting & Stitching Edge is brought to you in association with PUSH: Stitchery, the must-have embroidered art book by Mr X Stitch !
