For LA-based artist Ellen Schinderman, the path to contemporary textile art stardom began back in 2007, when she became intrigued by what porn would look like rendered in needlepoint. Encouraged by erotica transformed into stitch, Schinderman tapered off her performing career as an actor and writer, and fell down what…
Stitchgasm – William Schaff’s C-3PO
The hugely talented William Schaff continues to make stunning embroideries. This perfect C-3PO is no exception. With Schaff, it’s the simple things that blow me away. The way he renders the light falling on C-3POs golden body… the scattering of stars in the galactic background. All of it is so…
Stitchgasm – Glacial Stitches by Spike Dennis
If you’ve been following artist Spike Dennis on Instagram, you’ve seen the eerie, gorgeous images from him recent Arctic Residency. Now you can watch him calving a blue glacier. In stitch! I’m so moved by the beauty of this work. The actual breaking apart of a thread glacier into these…