Pictures from our embroidery workshop in Ace Hotel last week. Thank you to DMC for sponsoring the workshop and goody bags. Pictures taken by Nwaka SaveSave SaveSave
Category: Embroidery
Embroidered Nutrients
Ipnot is an embroidery artist from Japan specialising in French knots and miniature embroideries. How did you get into embroidery? When I was young I was looking at my grandma’s creations through embroidery and it inspired me a lot to pursue my dream into making it a business. Five years ago I decided to start my own embroidery…
Botanical Bunny
Kerri Ciullo is an artist and embroiderer inspired by the natural world and human vulnerability. How did you get into embroidery? I originally got into embroidery by being fascinated by the visual art of it on clothing and in ancient textiles. I loved how it was truly a fusion of illustration, painting and fibers. I…
Emote A Story
Vorn Vann is an embroidery artist from Ontario Canada. How did you get into textiles? I’m new to embroidery and have only started this year, but my interest in textiles started in early childhood as I grew up watching my very crafty mother sewing and crocheting. I’ve always loved art and clothing design, but wasn’t sure how…
Hand Rendered Textiles
Thomas Costello is London based designer originally from the North West who specialises in three-dimensional embroidery and surface design. He works freelance in embroidery and is currently finishing an MA at the Royal College of Art Tell me about the textiles you work with? I tend to be drawn to producing more hand rendered textiles at the minute, with…
A Firm Believer
It’s very rare to find male designers that specialise in embroidery and embellishments. There are lots of male fashion designers creating garments but when it comes to finding a guy that actually uses his hand to thread a needle and get to surface designing it’s as difficult as buying Swarovski embellishments on the cheap. Recent…
Whisk You Away
Humayrah Bint Altaf is a full time embroidery artist from Bedfordshire. She trained at the Royal School Of Needlework. How did you get into textiles? I began embroidering at the age of 14 after seeing my grandma lovingly make crocheted gifts for friends and family. I have fond memories of spending my school holidays in her home,…
An Everyday Medium
Kelly Ryan is a fiber artist and designer from Upstate New York. Focusing on childhood memories and patterns, she creates colourful hand embroidered pieces and illustrations. She received her BFA in graphic design from SUNY Purchase in 2015. How did you get into embroidery? I honestly was very hesitant to start embroidering, I remember it…
Future Gurl Corp
This Saturday at Second Home in Shoreditch FutureGirlCorp are having an end of summer party and we’ll be there selling our hand embroidered GURLS TALK / EVERYBODY.WORLD t-shirts. If you missed our collaboration you can read about it and decide on what t-shirt you’d like to buy here. The long sleeved t-shirts are £35 and…
Where The Data Comes From
Clara Pinto is textiles designer originally from Buenos Aires now living in East London. Before moving to London she studied Fine Arts specialised in Painting at the National University of Arts in Buenos Aires (UNA) and then got her BA degree in Fashion womenswear at ABM. How did you get into embroidery? A few years after…
Needle & Broomstick
Pinar Caniklioglu from Turkey is a lover of embroidery. I came across her neat and hand embroidered work on Instagram and wanted to know more about her and her textiles. How did you get into embroidery? It was four years ago when I first started embroidery. I had to stitch a buttonhole for the first…
A Feeling Worth Encouraging
Carmen Manzano is an embroidery artist originally from Brazil. She lives in London . How did you get into embroidery? If I am honest, during my education I was super into textiles but embroidery was never really my thing. I used to think it was a little bit naïf. The book The Subversive Stitch opened…