New Zealand artist, Fleur Woods, creates intricate stitched paintings using fabric, gouache, and ultimately – embroidery. Creating from her studio gallery in the heart of rural Upper Moutere, and drawing inspiration from flora and nature, her process was learnt through trial and error.
Partly trained and partly self-taught, Woods has always loved textiles and threads. And through her crafty work, Woods claims she feels connected to generations of women before her.
“I think those women were so resilient. I feel like it’s an amazing, almost a feminist act,” she told Stuff Magazine. “Because making beautiful stitching, making something
“People started stitching to mend and to create clothing, but to add the beauty was a way of women saying; ‘We have skills and we can do something special. We can make beauty in otherwise very simple lives.”
Take a closer look below.
