
Willemien De Villiers – Forming a Shared Intimacy
Willemien de Villiers is a versatile multi-media artist who works with her intuition to create meaningful stories deeply rooted in the female experience.

Willemien de Villiers is a versatile multi-media artist who works with her intuition to create meaningful stories deeply rooted in the female experience.
I am pleased to announce the launch of NeedleXChange – conversations on the Art of Thread. It’s a regular podcast in which I chat with

Embroidery is a hot technique in high-end fashion, though many would argue that it has always been a staple in fashion. Designers like Christian Dior and

Lemon Pepper Studio Founder Pippa Haynes uses the art of hand embroidery and 3D sculpture to bring the natural world alive.

Jerome Speekman is a male embroiderer from New South Wales, whose art explores indigenous culture and nature without judgment.

Marjolein Burbank is a mixed media artist from the Netherlands who stitches on found photographs to tell subtle stories.

Eline Gaudé is a Franco-Finnish embroidery artist whose mixed media work entwines needlework and plants to explore non-human narratives.

Laura Nathan is a contemporary textiles artist and facilitator who explores identity, heritage and wellbeing, resulting in a greater sense of who we are, how we feel and our place in the world.

Ardeshir Tabrizi is an Iranian-American artist who processes his personal history and the legacy of his homeland through vibrant textile artworks.

Annalisa Bollini is a freelance illustrator based in Turin, Italy whose embroidered artworks push the boundaries of storytelling with textile art.

Livia Papiernik is a mixed media artist whose storytelling combines passion, tragedy and comedy to create enchanting embroidered vignettes.

Esse McChesney is a textile artist based in Gothenburg. In their work, they explore gender and sexuality in between the physical and digital, from the