Shonaegh Stewart: Weaving Threads of Tradition and Innovation in Goldwork Embroidery
Meet Shonaegh Stewart, third-place winner at Hand & Lock Prize 2017, celebrating her Scottish roots and pioneering the future of goldwork embroidery
Meet Shonaegh Stewart, third-place winner at Hand & Lock Prize 2017, celebrating her Scottish roots and pioneering the future of goldwork embroidery
Sandra Dufour is an illustrative embroidery artist whose work adorns the pages of storybooks and embellishes the covers of magazines.
Ruben Marroquin is a Brooklyn-based artist with an impressive and ambitious practice. His work has evolved over 2 decades ranging from hand embroidery to large-scale installations.
Todays Future Heirlooms post is an Interview with the wonderful Rebecca Ringquist. Her work is dense and heavy with stitches, a combination of hand and machine work. Read on for more!
Today’s Future Heirlooms Interview is with artist Ruth Tabancay. Ruth is most know for her innovative works using tea bags as her material but in her newest works she is delving into the realm of embroidery. Read on for more!
Moxie our writer and felt expert reviews some top artists who make felt creations to wear. They are sculptures out of wool, real art pieces and are often needle felted. What will be your wearable felt inspiration?
Beautiful Embroidered Accessories by Lexi Mire Brantman will teach you how to hand embroider your hats, bandanas and any other pre-loved clothing which could do with a freshen up.
We are all aware of the struggles and challenges our earth faces. Emma Congdon focuses on this issue in her latest book, published by David and Charles. It has twenty designs to recreate, great for gifts and styling our home with. With large attractive photographs and all the info we require, will this be the one for you? Maybe this is your chance to step away from the old phone screen and focus on something new…..
In this issue of Quilty Pleasures, Julie Rodgers discusses seasonal quilts and gives us inspiration to make us think about designing our own.
Here we will discuss ‘The Art Is The Cloth: How to Loot at and Understand Tapestries’ which has been published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd in our column Lets Book.
Today we focus on the career of textile art designer Ruri Clarkson. This artist works as a visual artist who delves into feminist issues. They are translated and vocalised via illustrations and embroidery. She depicts fantastical scenes, fairytale visuals and motifs, often grounded in Chinese embroidery.
Artist and slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh follows her previous popular book Mending Matters with this offering, make thrift mend. Threaded with personal narratives, slow-fashion advice and a mass of mending, this publication will last inside your head long after you have read through its pages. It is all about a mind set and way of life, not just a “crafternoon” playing with old clothes.