Ries Niemi’s Digitized Art | Machine Embroidery
Ries Niemi is an industrial artist whose Mute Project is a series of machine embroidered portraits of musicians who have died from COVID-19.
Ries Niemi is an industrial artist whose Mute Project is a series of machine embroidered portraits of musicians who have died from COVID-19.
In Quilty Pleasures Julie Rodgers shows us black and white quilts with examples featured from quilting arts and quilt inspiration online textile art websites.
As both a self help book and an art textiles publication, this book is set to hold the interest of a wider audience than those simply looking for a step-by-step art technique guide. Will this book appeal to you? Lets find out…
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!
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.
In this issue of Quilty Pleasures, Julie Rodgers discusses seasonal quilts and gives us inspiration to make us think about designing our own.
Sewing for the Soul by Jules Fallon is a thoughtful exploration of how making textile projects can benefit your well-being.
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.
Pre CO-VID19 this book would have not come into exitance, its content not there to be inspired by in the first place and thus written about. Yet the pandemic happened and Cas Holmes as an experienced and celebrated textile practitioner shows through visual evidence how we can move forward and use what we have, not what we have to travel far and wide to glean. Within this textile art publication, she heads a new way of working, a new way of thinking and living our artistic existence out to the full.
Darren’s embroidery reflects his love of textiles and the visual qualities present in fabric and thread. He tells us that he uses applique and free machine embroidery to illustrate personal narratives or ideas, inspired by memorabilia or his collection of vintage ‘Stitchcraft’ knitting and embroidery magazines.
TxP (Textiel Plus) are an organisation who work online and through a magazine which is printed in Dutch. The magazine is printed four times a year and the website is updated regularly, with a focus on current content. Daphne’s Diary is another craft based magazine we will review here.
Free Machine Embroidery, or freehand machine embroidery, is a type of sewing that allows you to draw with your sewing machine through drawing different shapes and profiles.