Seed stitch, couching, back stitch, cross stitch, or straight stitch – do you have a go-to stitch? Textile artists often…
Posts by tag: Figurative
Tapestry has been practised across the globe for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians and Incas used tapestries as burial shrouds,…
Not being able to stitch due to illness or injury is as crippling to the mind as it is to…
Perhaps the most powerful aspect of figurative art is its inherent ability to tell a story. As soon as an…
‘Inspiration’ is what leads us to create with passion. We want to share the thrill of a brilliant sunset, the…
Have you ever been struck by the architecture, the colours or other visual elements of a place and wanted to…
While working in the world of high fashion, Jenny McIlhatton was exposed to many exciting and extraordinary ways of working…
For many of us, the idea of becoming an ‘artist’ while raising a young family seems an impossible feat. How…
There’s no such thing as ‘too many stitches’ for textile artist Henriette Ousbäck. She masterfully floats layer upon layer of…
Patterns and counting have no place in Katika’s world of crochet. Katika crochets full-on images which when viewed from a…
