Textiles artist Sammy Dudley’s practice consists mainly of hand embroidered pieces depicting bodies and faces, and more recently contemporary representations of classical paintings throughout art history taking selfies. She grew up on the Isle of Wight and now lives in London. How did you get into embroidery? While studying for my Fine Art degree, I started…
Ace Hotel Embroidery Workshop
On Tuesday 11 December we have a Christmas embroidery workshop in Shoreditch’s Ace Hotel. Learn the basics of hand embroidery and create decorative stitches to customise your clothes or a gift for a loved one. All levels welcome and material provided. Each attendee leaves with a goody bag. Book your ticket here.
Groovie Ghoul Designs
Groovie Ghoul was started in 2014 by Kate-Louise Lavender as a way for her to express herself and share her personal style with everyone else. After constantly being asked by both friends and strangers where she got her headbands, she decided to open a shop and share them with the world! Kate studied and worked…
Something Out of Nothing
Sophie combines handwoven techniques with her passion for material exploration and unconventional yarns; valuing craftsmanship and allowing different materials to inform and construct her practice. She contrasts block colour with intricate details inspired by urban wandering to create waterproof fabrics for lifestyle accessories as well as exterior furnishings and panels. How did you get into…
Collaging Fabrics
Hope Macaulay is a luxury womenswear brand by an emerging Northern Irish designer. Hope creates large expressive collaged paintings and transforms them into prints, combined with detailed beadings and knit to create her garments. She also creates her own embellishments, inspired by her passion for ceramic making using Fimo clay and various fabrics and beads combined…
Another Type of Painting
Kim Fulton is an Irish textiles designer and artist specialising in hand embellishments, paintings and prints. How did you get into textiles? I undertook a course in fashion and textiles straight after my final exams in school. I then went on to study art and design for a year and subsequently chose fashion design to specialise…
Infinite Materials
Amandine Bouet is a textiles designer from from Nîmes in the South of France. She’s currently living and working in Barcelona. How did you get into textiles? I was a bit lost when I finished high school and without really knowing why, I decided to start a bachelors in Applied Art. I didn’t like it…
Rebirth of A Community
IBABA RWANDA is the project of two French sisters with a shared passion for Rwanda, Veronique and Pascale and their cousin Solange, who joined them recently. In 2012, they re-opened an embroidery workshop in Rutongo, a village in Rwanda. The exceptionally skilled embroideries of this workshop had tragically stopped all activities following the genocide of…
Embroidery Workshop – DMC x Hiedra
DMC, the heritage French embroidery thread brand, has collaborated with textiles artist Sofia Salazar aka Hiedra for the launch of their second DMC Design Collective kit. To honour the launch, they partnered with Paper Mache Tiger to host an exclusive embroidery workshop. Embellished Talk will also be there to help run the workshop. It’s taking…
Eye Catching Details
Laerke Ulrikke Elgarrd Bagger’s a knitwear designer living and working in Copenhagen. How did you get into knitwear? My mum was a great inspiration to me. She made giant embroidered medieval tapestries that would take her at least a year to finish. Seeing her love for the craft and the patience that went into producing…
Abstract Stitches
Katie Wells is a British abstract artist who creates mixed media works from her home studio in south London. Katie has three main bodies of work; her oil pastels, embroideries and more recently, her embroidered paintings. Although each collection is different in its medium and style, there are motifs present in all the works which…
Beautiful Phobias
Marie Wenham is an embroidery artist specialising in gold and crewel work. She previously trained at the Royal School of Needlework and now works as an embroidery artist, stylist’s assistant and seamstress. How did you get into embroidery? I learnt a few embroidery techniques by hand and by a sewing machine in college from a…