Embroidery

Tactile Ocean-Inspired Embroideries are an Textile Exploration of the Sri Lankan Shoreline

Ocean art by Helen Wilde

Tex­tile artist Helen Wilde is known for her com­bi­na­tion of three-dimen­sion­al ele­ments on a flat embroi­dery hoop.  Pre­vi­ous­ly, she cre­at­ed work inspired by ter­rar­i­ums. Her most recent pieces—featuring chunky yarn stitch­es and beads sewn on organza—are an explo­ration of the Sri Lankan shore­line.  Despite the dif­fer­ence of being on land ver­sus sea, Helen sees it as a pro­gres­sion. “I start­ed [my Insta­gram] with the embroi­dered gar­dens,” she writes, “and this is how they’ve evolved.”

Helen sells her one-of-a-kind pieces in her Etsy shop, Ovo Bloom.

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde

Ocean art by Helen Wilde

Ocean art by Helen Wilde

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Ocean-inspired embroidery

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde

Hand embroidery by Helen Wilde