Auburn Hoops was created by Chelsea Nelson to give your art the frame it deserves! Their patent pending design not only allows you to display your art in style but also modernises the old fashioned embroidery hoop. How did you get into embroidery? When I was pregnant with my firstborn a friend introduced me to…
Category: Mothers in Craft
Thread Painter
Sila Gur is a Turkish embroidery designer living in Scotland with her husband and daughter. How did you get into embroidery? I have always loved to be productive and creative. I studied Fine Arts in high school, then Fashion Design in university, both in Turkey. After graduation I also studied Fashion Styling in New York. Hand…
Love of the Process
Ekaterina is an embroidery designer living in the south of Russia among poppy fields and rivers with her husband and two-year-old daughter. How did you get into embroidery? My grandmother always sewed for the whole family – dresses, shirts, coats, and also made wonderful embroideries. – In her house she had hand embroidered tablecloths and…
Namaste Embroidery
Jessica Long is a hand embroidery artist currently living near Phoenix, Arizona. How did you get into embroidery? After the birth of my son in 2014 I picked up hand embroidery as a way to relax and feed my creative spirit while on maternity leave. I was inspired by a friend who posted her work…
Constant Lines Capturing Poses
Becca Nicolaides is an illustrator working in pen and thread. She lives in Uxbridge (Greater London) with her husband and two year old son. How did you get into embroidery? I’m self taught and spent a lot of my childhood working on the basic cross stitch kits you can get for kids. I watched my nan sew a…
Mothers in Craft – Emma Sookrah
Emma Sookrah is a textiles designer specialising in hand embroidery and embellishments. She’s a mother to her son Micah who’s 6 months old. Motherhood and creativity Finding time to be creative has been challenging but it has also become more important and something I always make time for. When I get some creative time I…
Mothers in Craft – Lora Avedian
Lora Avedian is a multidisciplinary artist, who graduated with a Masters in Mixed Media Textiles from the Royal College of Art in 2017. She depicts elements of narrative through textile and craft processes. Lora uses traditional embroidery and embellishment techniques to make modern artefacts, which look as beautiful on the body as they do on…
Mothers in Craft – Celia Jayi
Celia Jayi specialises in hand beaded portraits using colourful embellihments. We first met in Palm Vaults a few years ago to talk about her path into craft. She’s now a mother of two children. How old are your children and what are their names? I have two beautiful kids. Ivan who is the eldest at…
Mothers in Craft – Tigra Tigra
I interviewed Tigra Tigra exactly three years ago and was creatively curious about their vibrant worldly textiles. Designer and head of the brand Bailey Hunter shares how she travels, works and creates while being a mother. How old are your children? My son, Domino is almost 2 and my daughter, Valentine Zuzu is almost 3…
Mothers in Craft
Last year I gave birth to my first child Cleo who’s now 9 months. I’ve been running Embellished Talk alongside being a new mum and wanted to know how other mothers in textiles manage working and taking care of their children. Mothers in Craft is a new series of conversations that will answer my questions…