It’s not often that I post anything about my own work; I like to focus this website on others! In addition to writing, however, I embroider. I’m pretty slow, mostly because I have limited time in my day to dedicate…
It’s not often that I post anything about my own work; I like to focus this website on others! In addition to writing, however, I embroider. I’m pretty slow, mostly because I have limited time in my day to dedicate…
Artist Solange Nunes thinks outside the hoop by embroidering on a precarious material—dried leaves. Taking on their brittle and delicate surface, she stitches colorful bouquets on the brown backgrounds. The juxtaposition she’s created is exciting in more ways that one.…
Artist Elise Lefebvre combines the exacting edges of ceramics with a surface treatment akin to watercolor. Her chunky forms, featuring portraits of animals and people, are expressed with carefree fluidity you’d find in painting. They have diffused edges of colors that…
There’s something missing from Katie Tume’s fiber art. Working under the name Mother Eagle, her intricate landscape embroideries and appliqued pieces highlight stunning details including three-dimensional leaves and layered beading. But in every piece, a small creature is removed from…
Artist Lorien Stern is naturally afraid of sharks but has based a large part of her creative practice on forming them from clay. “I like making them look kinda goofy or in bright colors or smiling,” she explains in a documentary…
Artist Mika Hirasa uses cloth as if it were paint and stitches as brushstrokes in narrative hand appliqué embroidery. Her work is often focused on fables and classic stories like Little Red Riding Hood, and the time-honored craft techniques pair well…
I love it when illustrators venture into ceramics; their knack for character design and storytelling lend themselves well to the creation of unique objects that bring their 2D world to life. So when I saw Mar Hernández, aka Malota, was…
Fenny Suter of Suter Design & Co. creates idyllic landscapes using a punch needle and thread. She combines a mixture of stitches to vary the textures—perfect for showcasing the different parts of a lagoon. She’s used the appliqué in the…
Have you ever wanted to learn embroidery? It’s now easier than ever, thanks to the internet. Along with a bevy of hand embroidery patterns to download, online learning will show you techniques and tricks you need to successfully stitch up…
Artist Hiné Mizushima continually wows me with her craft creations. Combining fiber techniques such as needle felting, crochet, and embroidery, she produces fantastical works that are driven by strong character design and (/or) stories.