I love animals, I love embroidery and I love pretty pastel colors. So yes, you could say that I ADORE these embroidered (and painted!) creations by Japanese artist Mari Kamio. Mari graduated in textile design at the Tama Art University. Her lovely works have been featured in various exhibitions and is included in textile designs as well. […]
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I’m starting to fall in love with embroidery more and more. After the works of Mega Whitmarsh, Jazmin Berakha & Mana Morimoto, it’s now these pretty portraits by Amy Dawson that stole my heart. I love the colors and simplistic style of her creations. Would put any of these on any of my walls at any time! […]
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Japanese artist Mana Morimoto likes to give old images a special finishing touch with needle & thread. Using beautifully bright colors, she gives a playful & contemporary look to all kinds of visual fragments. I love the results. Look at the eyebeams!
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I love embroidery. Especially when it comes from the hand of the madly talented Jazmin Berakha. The colors, the patterns (5th image in particular)… stunning! Jazmin Berakha is a multi-media artist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She works with a wide variety of media, including traditional crafts, music and film. Jazmin enjoys working with embroidery to explore it’s possibilities in […]
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I probably couldn’t touch these leaves without breaking them. But artist Susanna Bauer knows her way around these beauties of nature and embellishes them with needle & thread. Amazing! Susanna works with different found objects, including stone and wood. Beautiful as her leaves are, the crocket details often have the less conventional purpose to challenge the balance between fragility and strength; […]
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It was love at first sight when my eyes crossed these beauties by Miki Sato, aka Kinomi. Aren’t they beautiful? Kinomi uses paper and bits of fabrics to create layered images and I love the effect this has on her work (look at those clouds!!) Kinomi Lives in Toronto, Canada. She earned her illustration degree at […]
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How gorgeous are these?!? Although most of them have been created some years ago I couldn’t resist sharing them with you today. They are embroideries by California-based artist Megan Whitmarsh, who knows her way well around needle & thread. Megan has a fascinating portfolio of woks, varying from the wonderful fragments below to the more recent illustrations, stories and […]
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