
Lauren Evatt Finley | Machine Embroidery
Creating compelling machine-stitched images — whether through free machine embroidery or digitized stitching — takes the mind of a painter. For Georgia artist Lauren Evatt

Creating compelling machine-stitched images — whether through free machine embroidery or digitized stitching — takes the mind of a painter. For Georgia artist Lauren Evatt

Digitized machine embroidery is still a bit of a rarity in the art world, and finding emerging artists using it even less so. That’s why

It’s easy on a blog all about “contemporary embroidery” to only think of the present. However, revolutions in a creative field can come about long

One of the delights of being in the stock machine embroidery design biz is seeing crafters take those building blocks and create something extraordinary with

Welcome to another shiny edition of Gear Threads, where we explore the digital and mechanical side of modern embroidery. Today I wanted to share the

Jess Larson is a mixed media artist from Minnesota. Her machine embroidered art explores contemporary pressure on feminine norms, by reproducing classic icons with a subversive twist.

Anne Honeyman is a textile artist who creates her amazing thread sculptures using a free machine embroidery technique on soluble fabric. When the soluble stabilizer
Karina Thompson is a textile artist from Birmingham, England. Karina’s work focuses on digital stitching, using techniques akin to those exploring in our Gear Threads column:

It may not seem all that surprising to anyone quite familiar with the craft world, but geekdom and crafting frequently come together in glorious harmony.

Anja Rieger is the rare combination of an illustrator and digitizer, which results in some truly fabulous embroidery creations. Some of her work has been published

Professor Julian Ellis OBE is a recognised expert in the field of Fabric Technologies. He has carried out extensive work exploring the “rapid design and

Kimberley Adams is a fine artist who incorporates knitting, felting, hand embroidery, free machine embroidery, and more into her work. This captivating collection of stitched