Tilleke Schwarz is an artist from the Netherlands.
She describes her work as “a kind of visual poetry. It is a mixture of contemporary influences, graffiti, icons, texts and traditional images from samplers. The embroidery contains narrative elements. Not really complete stories, with a beginning, a storyline, and an end. On the contrary, the narrative structures are used as a form of communication with the viewer.”
Each of her pieces is filled with creativity, colour, humour and life. They are a feast for the eyes.
The style is quite unique. It’s playful, it’s vibrant, it’s great. It’s Tilleke Schwarz!
Go and visit her website to see more of her works. I guarantee they will make you smile.
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15 thoughts on “The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge – Tilleke Schwarz”
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23 July 2009 at 1:05 pm
Hey mr. X,
thank you for your wonderful comments!
You made my day,
Tilleke
PS. Our cat is very pleased too.
23 July 2009 at 1:37 pm
I bought Tilleke’s book a couple of months ago and LOVE it. Her work is very inspiring, not just visually but the stitching, phew!!!!!!! gorgeous!
I love what’s in the cat’s stomach, made me giggle. No wonder the cat is happy 😉
23 July 2009 at 1:42 pm
I love her work so much! There’s so much going on, you could look at these pieces for hours.
I do love that cat, too. 🙂
23 July 2009 at 5:13 pm
I love the teal and brown ones especially, although I think I’m having a bit of a teal fetish at the moment. Feast for the eyes is definitely true! Very cool. 🙂
23 July 2009 at 7:28 pm
oooh, awesome!!
24 July 2009 at 3:56 am
These are great! I love the eclecticness of the subject matter, like a stitched thought map. Very cool.
24 July 2009 at 6:52 pm
I love her work. So detailed! You can really get lost in it.
6 August 2009 at 11:21 pm
Were you at Art in Action (Oxford) this year, in July?
Your work seems familiar to me
7 August 2009 at 4:38 am
Yes, that is correct!