Nicole O’Loughlin – Strong Stories Softly Stitched
Nicole O’Loughlin is an embroidery artist from Tasmania whose embroidered artworks tell fearless tales with dry humour and a sharp eye.
Nicole O’Loughlin is an embroidery artist from Tasmania whose embroidered artworks tell fearless tales with dry humour and a sharp eye.
Mana Morimoto is an embroidery explorer from Tokyo, Japan. She makes the invisible visible by augmenting reality with threads.
Lottie Liggins is a UK-based hand embroiderer who uses found materials in combination with typographic stitching to create a modern nostalgia.
The Daylight Company Magnificent Pro is a 3-in-1 craft lamp and magnifier that really shines a light on your stitching. Find out more in our review!
Oliver Bliss is a Worcester-based embroidery artist whose recent “SoftLad” series of large-scale machine stitched tapestries explores the difference between social media images and the reality of modern manhood. Learn more about him in this Manbroidery interview on Mr X Stitch!
Nicki is Utopian Fallopian, a non-binary textile artist from Glasgow who transforms vulvas into a multitude of possibilities.
BRO. is a Czech hand embroidery artist whose work captures the joyful connections of everyday people.
Severine Gallardo is a soft sculptor from Angoulême France. Her needle felted headgear are impressive works of storytelling as well as textile engineering!
Marcia Bennett-Male is a mixed media artist from London whose work in textiles explores her experiences as a black female and the social and emotional currents that have influenced that position.
Rima Day is a Nashville-based needlework artist whose intricate embroideries in red thread are a dark expression of the edge of creativity.
An art quilt is a quilt style which moves away from the traditional types that are most commonly associated with quilting. It is method of quilting which is art-led, not pattern-led like patchwork quilting. The focus of interest in art quilts is in the aesthetic design rather than the use of the quilt. Art Quilts vary in style from realistic to abstract and use many techniques or fibre varieties.
Hannah and Olga Dovhan from Ukraine, are better known as Manooni, and they make charming needle felted creations with weather characters, mindful meditators and much more. It’s another Felter Skelter post from Mr X Stitch!