Tag: textile
What Happens When a Sculpture Takes to a Needle and Thread
When it comes to her art, Anouk Desloges goes wherever the needle and thread take her. Trained originally as a sculptor, the choice to incorporate textile into her work wasn't a...
Lucy Poskitt’s Textiles Walk the Line Between Traditional and Contemporary Art
Lucy Poskitt's textile works aren't kept enclosed in their domestic realm. The Canadian textile artist has exhibited her work around the world, as well as taught tapestry workshops across Canada to...
This Artist Is Inspired by Birds and Their Movement
Textile artist Nicola Henley hopes to draw attention through her art to the delicate balance of nature and the inter-dependence and connectivity between ourselves and our natural environment. A delicate balance...
Andrea Cryer Draws Portraits and Landscapes with a Needle and Thread
Some artists take to pencil and paper, while others employ a brush and a canvas. For textile artist Andrea Cryer its a needle and a thread. Combining hand stitching with machine...
Artist Transforms Household Items by Dressing Them Up
Ulla-Stina Wikander's art is unlike we've ever seen - a unique homage to the discarded objects of the past. Under her hands, an old toaster or rotary phone turn into works...
Kelly Kozma Will Make You Fall In Love with Fabric
Kelly Kozma’s fiber art breaths new life into the traditional craft of hand embroidery. Combining drawing, painting, and hand embroidery she creates artworks that explode with color. She also enjoys embroidering...
Designer Creates Ocean-Inspired Interior Products
Vanessa Barragão is a designer and the owner of her design studio called Studio Vanessa Barragão. The Porto, Portugal-based artist creates textiles and products for interiors, and according to her personal...
Orly Cogan Creates Intricate Art Using Vintage Fabrics
For 20 years Orly Cogan has accumulated a sizeable collection of vintage printed fabrics. Those have been the basis of her embroidery artwork. "I often start out with the existing fabric...
Upgrade Your Walls With These Stunning Wallpapers
Kate Zaremba's love for the arts had sparked early on. As a child actress, she grew up on theater sets and sound stages. But it wasn't until years later, after receiving...
These Art Pieces Are In Fact Embroideries
Studying at the London College of Fashion at the age of 16, it was clear from the very start that Chloe Amy Avery had a thing for textiles. Jump a couple...