Over the past few months, I’ve seen more and more creatives try punch needle embroidery. If you’re unsure of what the heck that is, a punch needle is a hollow needle that creates loops of thread on fabric. The visual…
Over the past few months, I’ve seen more and more creatives try punch needle embroidery. If you’re unsure of what the heck that is, a punch needle is a hollow needle that creates loops of thread on fabric. The visual…
Last fall, we saw how Mandi Smethells has made it easier than ever to catch the rainbow, thanks to her fiber art; her work features wrapped cotton wall hangings in the shape of rainbows. Since then, she’s continued to use these materials…
It’s been over two years since Moscow-based Lisa Smirnova’s custom embroidered clothing has made an appearance on Brown Paper Bag. In 2016, she collaborated with fashion brand GO (by Olya Glagoleva) on the project Artist At Home. The collection featured cozy fabrics…
One of my favorite things to collect is ceramics. (I’ve got an obsession with planters.) So, imagine my excitement when I saw that Kimberlie Wong, an illustrator whose digital art I’ve previously swooned over, started making things with clay. She…
The exquisite surface pattern in the above embroidery by Maria of Desert Eclipse Studio was what first attracted me to her work. Using a combination of knotted stitches and painterly applications of color, she combines them into visually dazzling hand embroidery…
The embroidery hoop is a great place to be nowadays. Artists are stitching beautiful and creative works that fit within the confines of a circle, but as we’ve seen, there are many who think beyond it. This is both literally…
I don’t know about you, but when I am looking at an embroidery, I always like to view it from the side or a three-quarters angle. From that vantage point, you get to see all of the great textural qualities…
Embroidered clothing will never go out of style. Like embroidery itself, this approach is malleable and transforms based on the aesthetic of the time. Now, people are wearing their clothes with a 1970s vibe, so ripped jeans with a hint of…
This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the historic Women’s March, and many people returned to the streets to continue to voice their opposition to the current administration. I enjoy seeing witty signs as much as the next person,…
Alpacas and llamas lend themselves well to felted art. The fuzziness of the interlocked wool fibers mimics the coats of these impossibly fluffy creatures (with the most adorable small faces). We’ve seen it before with the needle-felted hoop art of…