When you are next wanting some quiet time, skip the doom scrolling on social media and instead visit the Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery website hosted by Goldsmiths College, University of London. The collection was founded by Constance Howard and Audrey Walker in the 1980’s. It is still …
Recently I finished a stitch roll and thought you might enjoy seeing a video of it where I talk of the stitches and techniques I used to create this modern embroidery project.
When you first start to hand embroider items, or perhaps you have picked up some of my free patterns and want to start stitching, one process that often stumps people is how to transfer hand embroidery patterns to fabric so that you can start to stitch. Here are the 2 …
As you can see it is this encrusted highly textured sampler is fresh off the hoop and still to be blocked. Today I plan to share how I designed and stitched this sampler. This bone sampler is both surface embroidery, combined with textured stitches and beadwork. It is a contemporary …
Resolution: from Digital to Cloth was opened yesterday. The exhibition is held at the Foyer Gallery at the ANU School of Art here in Canberra. Often people outside the textile community are surprised to hear that a textile practitioner also works with digital media or that someone interested in digital …
