Old News Design | Machine Embroidery
In the world of contemporary textile artists, the medium of thread is naturally less startling in the art world than it used to be, but even the canvas
In the world of contemporary textile artists, the medium of thread is naturally less startling in the art world than it used to be, but even the canvas
I was struck the other day by this bit from Mr X’s recent TEDx talk: I’m not bothered what technology you use to become an
Artist Tina Crawford takes “thread sketching” to a whole new place with her work at Tobyboo. Her thread sketching is similar to other freestyle machine
There’s pure magic coming out of Firecracker Studio, the home of Wellington, New Zealand multimedia artist Katherine Bertram. Formally trained as a printmaker in Sydney,
Crow and Gate Clothing began as the creative outlet of a self described “out of work insomniac with too much time on her hands and
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.
Etsy creator Brill and Ben is a crafter after our own hearts. As stitcher Brill puts it, “I had a light bulb moment in a
Delightful things are coming out of PaleGray Labs, a collaboration between cartoonist/animator/quilter Nina Paley and scientist/author/software developer Theodore Gray. Based in Urbana, IL,
This particular video has already been all over the internet and back, but we would be so very remiss if we here at Gear Threads,
Long ago, in a land far away, the earliest sewing machines used not the lockstitch you’re familiar with, but chainstitch. Machine embroidery happened, but it
The art of machine embroidery, or digitizing, is still a small but growing medium for new artists and designers to explore and work in. The
Open source cross-platform programs allow you to create and edit embroidery designs for digitized embroidery machines. Ink/Stitch is the leading software in this field, but Embroidermodder remains a popular choice.