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link to The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge – Adrienne Doig

The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge – Adrienne Doig

Australian textile artist Adrienne Doig literally puts herself into her work. Self portraiture is her speciality and her metamorphosed meta-aware mini masterpieces are delivered with intelligent wit...

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link to Stitchgasm! Walt by Mary Jo Eckhart

Stitchgasm! Walt by Mary Jo Eckhart

Allow me to introduce you to Walt. He is gorgeous, no? Walt, 2016. Hand embroidery by Mary Jo Eckhart. Recently, I was lucky enough to meet the Chicago-area stitcher Mary Jo Eckhart at a...

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link to The Floating Stitched Faces of Marjolein Starreveld

The Floating Stitched Faces of Marjolein Starreveld

There's a certain haunting quality to the machine embroidery work of artist Marjolein Starreveld. Faces emerge as if from a fog, distorted in ways that seem almost like a glitch in the matrix. The...

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link to Firecracker Studio

Firecracker Studio

There's pure magic coming out of Firecracker Studio, the home of Wellington, New Zealand multimedia artist Katherine Bertram. Formally trained as a printmaker in Sydney, Australia, Bertram creates...

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link to Deviant Discoveries – Jacob W Dillow

Deviant Discoveries – Jacob W Dillow

This Friday's eye candy is brought to you by artist Jacob W Dillow and his hand embroidered piece 'Don't Be So Dramatic' which is awesomely stitched onto linen. Kudos to Jacob, I am useless when it...

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link to Gear Threads – Harriet Popham’s Custom Machine Embroidery

Gear Threads – Harriet Popham’s Custom Machine Embroidery

Harriet Popham is a third year student studying surface pattern design in Swansea. She specializes in architecture and portraiture in print and stitch. She makes amazing freestyle machine embroidery...

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