Ali Rauf: A Tapestry of Tradition and Modernity in Embroidered Fashion
Explore Ali Rauf’s journey from cultural influences to award-winning couture, reflecting his unique blend of traditional and modern embroidery techniques.
Explore Ali Rauf’s journey from cultural influences to award-winning couture, reflecting his unique blend of traditional and modern embroidery techniques.
Eline Gaudé is a Franco-Finnish embroidery artist whose mixed media work entwines needlework and plants to explore non-human narratives.
Hand-embroidered flowers cascade down Hisae Abe’s kimono, third-place winner, Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery, Student Fashion category
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging
Masha Reprintseva is an embroidery artist who came second in the Open Fashion Category of the 2020 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery. Jen Funk Weber interviews her exclusively for Mr X Stitch!
Meet Lillian Cellan-Jones, second-place winner, Student Textile Art category, in the 2020 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery. Lily’s winning butcher’s apron marries contrasts: repulsive with beautiful, harsh with delicate, brutal with feminine.
Rachel Ellenbogen is the second-place winner in the Student Fashion Category in the 2020 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery competition. She used recycled fabric and beads from second-hand jewelry and plastic bottles to stunning effect.
Using a limited palette, Martha Blackburn’s embroidered portraits reflect a moment in human experience. It’s another Funk Files interview with an award-winning embroidery pioneer.
Rotem Izhaki is the first-place winner in the Student Fashion Category at the 2020 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery and her embroidered and smocked shirt is technically excellent and aesthetically admirable.
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging
Meet Joanna Galica-Dorula, winner of 3rd place in the 2019 Hand & Lock Prize, Open Fashion category. Her green velvet cape features hand-embroidered epaulets with beads and plastic-bottle sequins, metal washers, and more. Poppies and an elegant knight feature on the borders and back. It’s another Funk Files interview by Jen Funk Weber for Mr X Stitch!