Tag: Monotone

Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery

Art and Design / Creative Embroidery / Hand Embroidery / History and Culture / Resources / Samplers   / / / / / / 3 Comments

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 …

How I designed and stitched this encrusted highly textured embroidery sampler

Art and Design / Beading and Buttons / Creative Embroidery / Hand Embroidery / Samplers / Work in Progress   / / / / / / / / / / / 24 Comments

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 …