Diane Meyer | NeedleXChange
Diane Meyer is a mixed-media artist from California who pixelates landscape photography with cross stitch to obscure and redefine the narrative. We caught up with Diane on our NeedleXChange Podcast!
Diane Meyer is a mixed-media artist from California who pixelates landscape photography with cross stitch to obscure and redefine the narrative. We caught up with Diane on our NeedleXChange Podcast!
Hello everybody! This week we’re going to be looking at the history of redwork embroidery. What does that mean? If you Google the term “redwork embroidery”,
“Sashiko” means “little stabs”, the verb “sasu” means “to pierce”. This type of needlework is used in traditional Japanese quilting, and utilizes a long running stitch to form geometric patterns for reinforcement and embellishment
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Hi everybody! Last time we looked at the work of Claes Oldenburg, this time I thought we’d look at the tapestries of Norwegian artist, Hannah
Hi everybody! Welcome back! Last time we looked at Joseph Beuy’s fiber work, this week I thought we take a look at Claes Oldenburg. These
Note: This post was originally published in 2011. Hi Everybody! This week, my sweet husband and Manbroidery founder, Johnny Murder is celebrating his 40th birthday!
Welcome back to our third instament of DMC history! Last time we made it to the early 1900’s, and ended with the cessation of their
Hi everybody! Last time we started with the history of DMC, today we continue! We left off in the 1850’s when imitations of DMC products
Hello Everybody! Welcome back to Needle Exchange! When I started writing this column a little over a year ago, I set out to explore the
Needle Exchange is a place where we explore needlework around the world and throughout history, and sometimes prehistory, and then look at it’s modern counterpart.
Hello everybody! This week we’re going to look at the history of crewel! Yea! Exciting. Crewel is embroidery typically done with wool thread. Although wool