I give you the wonderful work of Sarah Mandell, aka Once Again Sam. Sarah is a multi-talented artist and needle felting is only one of her many talents. The arrangements not only tiny and cute, they are exquisitely crafted. The variety and attention to detail in each piece is fantastic. This column will look at her needle felted cactus felt pieces.
When considering the hanging of your textile you have two choices – an inner wooden framework (see previous post) or a HANGING SLEEVE. This can be a stand alone feature – a fur backdrop for the 3D flower halo in Jesus 2, an extension of the overall design – Button embellishment in Cancer 2: Mastectomy or housing a title and signature – ”Skeletal frames take on the shape of old bones, brittle and cold. Naked now, fully exposed” Autumn 2. Let us explore HOW TO CREATE A HANGING SLEEVE – YOU WILL NEED
Visual artist Cal Lane uses her expert welding skills to burn delicate traditional lace patterns into reclaimed steel objects with a blow torch.
Lace Reimagined: 30 Inspiring Projects for Making and Using Lace Creatively by Elisabeth Healey is published by Search Press. When we think of Lace, often a traditional image comes to mind, something old fashioned. This book helps us to reimagine our conception of this textile embroidery technique, featuring some thirty step by step projects which showcase lace making as a modern and contemporary form of art.
Four artists who all use felt within their practice are highlighted within this column, written by our Zoe Williams. Felt is used with embroidery and other mixed media. Indigo dyeing is explored by artist Rowland Ricketts. Felt is seen as contemporary art here.
Na Chainkua Reindorf is a mixed media artist specialising in beadwork and fibre work whose installations provide a modern reflection on indigenous traditions.
Practical and visible lace via artists Niels Van Eijk and Miriam Van Der Lubbe and their bobbin lace lamps. Find out more about these artist designers and the way with use lace to create practical items via our Adventures in Time and Lace column.
This Felter Skelter column highlights three artists who all use needle felting as a method to create fantasy felted characters. All are inspired by nature and animal life. The three artists chosen all have their own websites or shops to visit for further information or to purchase one of the pieces.
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging
Australian artist Maggie Hensel-Brown is taking the painstaking art of needle lace out of the past and using this language to document her daily life in all its quirky details.
If you want to celebrate Easter with craft, what could be better than making your own Textile Easter Egg? Christine Cunningham will show you how to make an ornate egg in seven steps – with pictures and easy to follow instructions!
Kim Lieberman explores themes of human connection through her contemporary lacework and this has led her to include materials such as postage stamp paper, puzzles, and money in her pieces. Find out more at Mr X Stitch!
