Marcia Bennett-Male | Textile Art
Marcia Bennett-Male is a mixed media artist from London whose work in textiles explores her experiences as a black female and the social and emotional currents that have influenced that position.
Marcia Bennett-Male is a mixed media artist from London whose work in textiles explores her experiences as a black female and the social and emotional currents that have influenced that position.
Rima Day is a Nashville-based needlework artist whose intricate embroideries in red thread are a dark expression of the edge of creativity.
Vici Sinkinson, aka The Stitch Stylist, is an Embroiderer with a high fashion and interior design edge. Find out more at Mr X Stitch!
Oliver Bliss is a Worcester-based embroidery artist whose recent “SoftLad” series of large-scale machine stitched tapestries explores the difference between social media images and the reality of modern manhood.
Courtney Cox is an Austin-based embroidery artist who makes free hand portrait and figurative pieces that cast a critical eye on modern times. Find out more at Mr X Stitch!
Christine Cunningham reviews Foolproof Flower Embroidery by Jennifer Clouston and says the book has “something for everyone, whether you are learning the basics or wish to extend your embroidery vocabulary”
Christine Cunningham reviews Transfer and Stitch and describes it as “a lovely book for children who are learning to stitch at school and anyone who wants to give it a go.”
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.
Gunta Andrews is a London-based textile artist whose applique and machine embroidered pieces document the days of 2-Tone and punk by reproducing cultural places and fashions.
Take on your next quilting feat with a champion quilt! From expert quilter Sandra L. Mollon, recreate the ‘Seasons of Life’ quilt, which is now a part of a permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum in Kentucky, USA.
Playful Free-Form Embroidery – Stitch Stories with Texture, Pattern and Color by Laura Wasilowski teaches you how to create bold and colourful narrative embroideries. Christine Cunningham reviews it and says the book “demonstrates how to build texture and colour in easy steps which is effective and achievable over a period of time.” Find out more at Mr X Stitch!
For this Stitchgasm we want to focus on the painterly textiles based work of Linda Friedman Schmidt. She is a German born artist who is currently based in America. Her work is textiles based with a real fine art painterly vibe. It also reminds us of traditional crafts like rag rug making. She uses her own personal clothing in each piece so it is personal and fills in other areas of her works with mixed media substances.
