Revolutionizing Art with Denim: A Fabric’s Journey from Functional to Fashionable
Denim art transforms from durable workwear to a canvas for creativity, showcasing its history, utility, and adaptability in modern and traditional aesthetics
Denim art transforms from durable workwear to a canvas for creativity, showcasing its history, utility, and adaptability in modern and traditional aesthetics
Lora Rocke is a Nebraskan quilt artist whose detailed portraits feature family members and friends in spontaneous moments of time.
Whether you’re stitching from kits or buying your canvasses and fully picking your own threads, I’m hoping this column will introduce you to some exciting new ways to bring another dimension to your projects.
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!
Todays Future Heirlooms Interview is with Maggy Rozycki Hiltner. Maggie uses nostalgic figures and imagery to make some playful but poignant remarks about childhood, gender, expectations, friendships, sex, and love. 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?
Kathy Halper is a multi-disciplinary artist whose embroidered portraits explored the emerging trend of private teenage moments being shared on social media.
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…..
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.