Erin Ledsom

 

Focusing today on the dazzlingly bright and rich embroidery of Erin Ledsom.

Jillian Lee Adamson

Jillian Lee Anderson has been embroidering sometimes on a vast scale metaphorical cellular structures with single threads of floss on water soluble fabric..

"Jillian’s work is a visual distillation of experiential knowledge gained whilst traversing a world not always designed with her success in mind. Through the rhythmic and tactile process of slow stitching, Jillian uses a needle and thread to create intricate and symbolic representations of her journey. The metaphorical cells she embroiders symbolise resilience and adaptability–a testament to the strength she has cultivated in order to contend with life's many challenges.

Cells are potent reminders of our ability to develop resistance and emerge stronger. The cell's protective membrane symbolises safety and stability, and its ability to cleanse itself through autophagy signifies the paramount importance of self-care. 

By allowing her thoughts to surface without judgement, slow stitching enables Jillian to practise mindfulness and process past traumas in a gentle and non-threatening manner. Her embroidery work's intricate and delicate nature belies its true strength, symbolising the incredible resilience and inner strength within us all. 

A single thread is weak, but when that thread is woven around itself, when it is tied and pulled, knotted and twisted, it becomes nearly indestructible whilst maintaining an appearance of fragility." Jillian Lee Anderson

Shalfetr

 

Incredible embroidered beadwork bags and accessories by Shalfetr.

Yumiko Higuchi II

 

Embroidery by Yumiko Higuchi. Happy Christmas. 

Hiroyuki Musou

 

Deliciously bright embroideries by Hiroyuki Musou.

Holly Searle I

 

Holly Searle, aka the subversive stitcher's work is just perfect, stitching her frustration and disgust at the current status quo into fantastic contemporary comentry and art. 

Victoria Rose Richards

Victoria Rose Richards takes arial views of landscape and painstakingly, intricately embroiders them 

Above is the embroidery, below the photograph.

 

Yumiko Higuchi I

 Exquisite embroidery by Japanese embroidery artist Yumiko Higuchi

Carole Fromenty

 Carole Fromenty creates embroidery using horse hair, making scribbly, hairy evocative portraits. 

Louise Gardiner

Louise Gardiner's responce to the The Womankind Pukka project is a cape of empowerment. A visual representation of the ingredients in womankind tea and a meditation on what we put into our bodies.

"Stitched from the ground up and inspired by 21 natural, health giving ingredients, the centrepiece for the campaign has taken the form of a beautiful cape and aims to capture all that is feminine, powerful and potent about woman kind. This isn’t about superficial beauty, it’s about nurturing individuality and about taking a step back from the norm and thinking about what we’ve all got to contribute. To encourage a gentle more charismatic femininity, it’s not about sex and celebrity, It’s about the essence of being female and being in touch with your own true nature and creativity.

Having been deeply influenced by teaching women all around the world, tapping into this amazing sisterhood and realising how much we all have in common, this cape is a joyful celebration of all those women that have been and all those yet to come. Anyone and everyone was welcome to try the cape on and feel like that queen, warrior, nurturer, rockstar; any and all of those wonderful roles that we play."

Alexandra Drenth II

Journey by Alexandra Drenth is a hand embroidered cheesecloth of faces and foliage completed this year. Alexandra retells stories of childhood memories, expressing themes of love and relationships entwined and enriched with elements inspired by nature such as flowers and birds. Her work takes one on 'a journey through time where no sense of time exists'. 

Liz Payne

Liz Payne is an Australian textile artist who combines bold coloured paint with stitch and bead textures.

"I get a lot of inspiration from historical influences, for example the beautiful textiles and beaded artefacts from countries such as Nigeria, Guatemala and Uzbekistan - where pieces were not only decorative and functional but also told a story of the many hours and hands that worked on it.

I'm also immensely inspired by contemporary influence and trends in fashion, culture, media and design. I think it's this blend of the old with the new that I find really appealing." Liz Payne 

Gareth Brookes

A karmasutra of tangled thread, these are some of the reversible sex embroideries of Gareth Brookes. Gareth Brookes is a graphic novelist, printmaker, textile artist and bookmaker who crosses genres and evades classification.