Category Archives: Embroidery

Emily Barletta

March 21, 2016 12:02 AM \

EmilyBarlettaWe can’t seem to get enough of the freeform embroidery art created by Brooklyn-based fiber artist, Emily Barletta. We’ve posted her red work on our previous blog site and have decided to post more of her newer work. This may not be the last time we feature her for she also creates some incredible crochets. Here are just two things she reveals about her work on blog site, My Love for You:

“i never ever use a pattern.   planning things from the start = bad art.  i create a specific pleasing object over and over again with as much variation as possible, throwing the shapes into bags until i have a good amount of them.  then i start assembling.   generally, i have no idea how something will look until it is finished. “

“i think of my work as fine art.   art made out of traditional craft materials can be just as challenging as any other forms, i try not to keep it separate from painting, sculpture, or installation.”

Images: Courtesy of Emily Barletta.

Posted in: Embroidery, Fiber

TLV Birdie

February 18, 2016 12:02 AM \

TLVBirdieWe love these simple leaf embroideries created by Israeli blogger, photographer and stylist, Oly Shamrik. She is the founder of the design studio, TLV Birdie, her creative outlet for window design and visual merchandising. She is inspired by nature, slow living and craft. You can follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr. Her Etsy shop is located here.

Images: Courtesy of TLV Birdie.

Posted in: Embroidery, Etsy Find, Handcrafted, Photography

Juana Gómez

February 9, 2016 12:02 AM \

JuanaGomezChilean visual artist Juana Gómez creates intricate anatomical embroideries over faded photographs of the human body. The photos are printed on fabric and the veins, neural pathways, and musculature are stitched with a needle and thread reminiscent of Italian Renaissance anatomical studies. Her artist statement best describes her work:

“My work comes from observation of nature and the processes that determine how they are structured and built living beings and inorganic world. This fundamental law can be seen in the veins of a leaf, a river and its tributaries, the central nervous system of humans, sea currents and routes Internet traffic. Deciphering this common language, connecting it with the macro micro, external and internal world, to distinguish a pattern that influences the inert, biological, social and cultural. It affects continuously, barely conscious and govern such everyday issues as our movements through the city, and others as personal as the symbols of our dreams. Its essence lies in the way things flow along the path of least resistance.”

You can follow Juana Gómez on Facebook and see more of her work on Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Juana Gómez.

Posted in: Embroidery, Textile
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