Over on A list Apart, Mike Rohde has written a good article about the advantages of using a sketchbook as a thinking tool. The points he makes in Sketching: the Visual Thinking Power Tool can be applied to any creative practice. That includes any creative practice that is associated with textiles. …
Juan Francisco Casas creates monumental realistic drawings using ball pens. Many people will have had art teachers say to that you cant get tonal values using a ballpoint pen. This artist definitely disproves their words as he magnifies digital photos and creates huge hand-drawn panels. There is no Photoshop involved …
I have previously written about the work of Rachel Hobson who represented the surface of the moon using textured embroidery techniques. The news is, Rachel has made it to round 2 in the NASA/Etsy Space Craft Contest. If her piece is voted into the top 20, it will get to …
This is article I move from studio journal design to embroidered piece. This is an example of taking a design in my studio journal and stitching it. I will start with sharing a photo of the finished project. The source of the design The idea for this project started because …
Note Unfortunately Stitchin Fingers no longer exists as the site closed late 2016 so I have removed the links in this post A New Design Challenge Over on Permutations in Fiber Stitchin fingers member Ruth Lane is running a regular design challenge. Ruth describes it as “Each month, I will …
For those who are interested in zentangles, doodle patterns drawing celtic knots, pattern creating and doodling I discovered a great flickr group which aims to demonstrate pattern making in step by step photos. The group describes itself as “place to post the step-by-step instructions for building doodle images such as …
I have been thoroughly enjoying browsing the gallery of Second Stage finalists for the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery. This year the high quality of the entries has been pure pleasure. The prize aims to promote the use of hand embroidered surface embellishment within costume and interiors and the …
