I have yet to try punch needle embroidery. But the more popular it becomes, the more I’m tempted to buy an Oxford punch needle and skeins of yarn. Studio Myome uses the tool to create stylized portraits of people and…
I have yet to try punch needle embroidery. But the more popular it becomes, the more I’m tempted to buy an Oxford punch needle and skeins of yarn. Studio Myome uses the tool to create stylized portraits of people and…
Embroidery can turn ordinary clothes into fun, wearable art. An embroiderer known as Juno does exactly this with their meticulously-stitched garments; using a combination of thread painting and fringe, a sweater appears to have a set of squirrels running across…
Amy Jones finds inspiration in our feathered friends, and her love of birds is at the forefront of her embroidery art. The New Zealand-based artist stitches distinguished portraits of budgies that offer a traditional view of them. She also creates…
Combing hand embroidery stitches and needle felting, Hygge by Nikitina creates sculptural hoop art. Her countless French knots and meticulously-pricked wool fibers form idyllic landscapes small enough to hold. The lush elements are arranged to spell out phrases including “chill” and…
Chilean born, Canada-based Katy Biele is one of my favorite embroidery artists working today. Coming from the background of a drawer and painter, her textile art often features a colorful array of bold blooms. Years ago, she began traveling “on…
Artist Fleur Woods calls her work ‘stitched paintings’. Combining elements of soft water-based painting with the embroidery, her works celebrate the natural world in delicate, almost ethereal way; they feel as though they could float away with a passing breeze.
Do you wear hats? I don’t, but I could be persuaded with these embroidered hats by Lexi Mire. She takes otherwise ordinary ballcaps and adorns them with a variety of colorful flowers. These are all custom jobs; through Etsy, Lexi…
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…
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…