Category Archives: Embroidery

Micao

August 14, 2020 12:03 AM \

Mika Hirasa is an embroidery writer and illustrator based in Kobe, Japan.  She graduated from Kobe University majoring in business administration.  After working at a foreign-affiliated manufacturer, she taught herself dyeing, sewing and drawing with free motion sewing machine embroidery, eventually establishing her artistic career under the artist name, Micao.  Her work is widely used in advertising for major companies, books, magazine cover pictures, and collaboration with major sundry makers.

The artist can be followed on her website, Facebook, Behance and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Micao.

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Alex’s Embroidery

July 29, 2020 12:03 AM \

Not too much information about this embroidery artist from Montreal, Canada but she does say the following on her page info:

“I’m a recent university grad with a love for arts and crafts. Embroidery is a great way to express myself creatively while doing something relaxing and fun! I’m always looking for new ideas, so if there’s something you want to see, shoot me a message and I’ll make it happen!”

You can follow the artist on Facebook and Instagram.  Some of her work can be purchased here in her Etsy shop.

Images:  Courtesy of Alex’s Embroidery.

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Jordan Nassar

July 13, 2020 12:03 AM \

Jordan Nassar is an embroidery artist of Palestinian descent who lives and works in New York City.  He embroiders his composition of repeated patterns using traditional Palestinian motifs and his own set of symbols. His favorite subject is landscape as a sort of utopian vision of Palestine.   On an interview with Berlin Art Link he says this about his patterns:   

“One of the features of Palestinian embroidery is that each town, village, and region has symbols that are distinctly theirs, that can identify them to others when an onlooker sees one such symbol on their clothing.” 

“When I began working with this embroidery, it didn’t feel right to me to use symbols that would identify me as being from Bethlehem, or from Ramallah, or from Jerusalem, as I’m from New York, and so I did develop my own lexicon. However, as the years have gone by, and as I’ve spent so much more time in Israel and Palestine, and as my work has developed from an idea to more of a way of life, I’ve let go of this concern and now freely use symbols from all over.”

The artist can be followed on his website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Jordan Nassar.

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