“I love the space I get to occupy as an embroiderer, which is between a crafter and an artist,” Clough said in an interview for Colossal. “I love that space because it gives me room to create without necessarily having to evoke meaning.”

The South Africa-based artist is best-known for her embroideries done with vibrant colors, on unusual materials, like rackets. Portraits of celebrities or other famous people, whimsical floral images, and colorful birds are just some of the designs she creates.

If you are interested to see her work, check out the gallery below, where we have picked out our favorites. Clough also holds online courses on Skillshare, so if you are interested to learn from the best, contact her through her Instagram DM.

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Michelle Kingdom is one of those contemporary embroiders. Using a thread as a sketching tool, Kingdom simultaneously honors and undermines the tradition of embroidery. “My approach to the work is intuitive and there is an ongoing,” she shared with Textile Artist, “In organic technical dialogue throughout the process. While honoring the richness of tradition, I also try to refresh and bring renewed relevance to the medium.”

Her work includes elaborate scenes, exploring the relationship between people and memory, identity and history. As such, Kingdom relies on symbolism and allegory, as she lays bare dynamics of aspiration and limitation.

According to Kingdom, her love of embroidery can be traced back to her childhood. Growing up in a sewing family, she taught herself embroidery as a way of honoring this ancient practice. Having first studied fine art in college, she found herself gravitating towards textile art, though it took her some time to find her artistic voice.

“Back then the art scene felt like an exclusive, closed world,” she says. “Serious work was oversized, relentlessly ironic, coldly conceptual and impossibly clever. I never imagined there would be any place there for me.”

Now based in LA, these days her work speaks for itself. Scroll down to see some recent highlights.

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A graduate of the Royal School of Needlework (FDA Hand Embroidery 2013) and Falmouth University (BA Contemporary Crafts 2014), Newton leans on her formal background but adds to it a contemporary and rather playful twist. Using metal threads she explored new ways of incorporating goldwork into her embroideries.

“Goldwork is an area of embroidery which is sometimes perceived to be somewhat traditional and has many rules,” explained Newton in an interview with Textile Artist. “To me, a rule of how something must be worked was at some point a new invention itself, and that excites me and keeps me inspired to explore what metal threads can do, without worrying if I am doing it ‘right.’”

“As kids, we were always encouraged to be creative, in quite a freeway,” she notes. “Creating a mess whilst playing wasn’t particularly a problem for my parents. I think this gave us quite a lot of freedom to create and imagine.” Now running her own embroidery workshops, Newton encourages others to make a mess as they explore the ancient craft of embroidery.

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“They’re all handmade and lately, I’ve been using felt which gives them a beautiful background color that matches perfectly with the amazing color palette that The Simpsons has to offer,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. To finish each art work, she needs about 10 to 30 hours.

“It takes me between 10-30 hours to make each of these embroideries but they’re all fun to make. Whenever I make them, I remember the scenes from my favorite cartoon,” she added.

You can find her work on her Instagram profile called bazarbartiano, where Martinez shares photographs of her masterpieces. Thanks to her talent, she has attracted over 34.2 thousand people who loves her work. So, if you are a Simpson fan, check out the embroideries in her Etsy store.

Scroll down and take a look at her creations below.

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“I love the space I get to occupy as an embroiderer, which is between a crafter and an artist,” Clough said in an interview for Colossal. “I love that space because it gives me room to create without necessarily having to evoke meaning.”

The South Africa-based artist is best-known for her embroideries done with vibrant colors, on unusual materials, like rackets. Portraits of celebrities or other famous people, whimsical floral images, and colorful birds are just some of the designs she creates.

If you are interested to see her work, check out the gallery below, where we have picked out our favorites. Clough also holds online courses on Skillshare, so if you are interested to learn from the best, contact her through her Instagram DM.

The post Danielle Clough Embroiders Beautiful Designs on Tennis Rackets appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

Michelle Kingdom is one of those contemporary embroiders. Using a thread as a sketching tool, Kingdom simultaneously honors and undermines the tradition of embroidery. “My approach to the work is intuitive and there is an ongoing,” she shared with Textile Artist, “In organic technical dialogue throughout the process. While honoring the richness of tradition, I also try to refresh and bring renewed relevance to the medium.”

Her work includes elaborate scenes, exploring the relationship between people and memory, identity and history. As such, Kingdom relies on symbolism and allegory, as she lays bare dynamics of aspiration and limitation.

According to Kingdom, her love of embroidery can be traced back to her childhood. Growing up in a sewing family, she taught herself embroidery as a way of honoring this ancient practice. Having first studied fine art in college, she found herself gravitating towards textile art, though it took her some time to find her artistic voice.

“Back then the art scene felt like an exclusive, closed world,” she says. “Serious work was oversized, relentlessly ironic, coldly conceptual and impossibly clever. I never imagined there would be any place there for me.”

Now based in LA, these days her work speaks for itself. Scroll down to see some recent highlights.

The post Michelle Kingdom’s Embroidery Art is Timeless appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

A graduate of the Royal School of Needlework (FDA Hand Embroidery 2013) and Falmouth University (BA Contemporary Crafts 2014), Newton leans on her formal background but adds to it a contemporary and rather playful twist. Using metal threads she explored new ways of incorporating goldwork into her embroideries.

“Goldwork is an area of embroidery which is sometimes perceived to be somewhat traditional and has many rules,” explained Newton in an interview with Textile Artist. “To me, a rule of how something must be worked was at some point a new invention itself, and that excites me and keeps me inspired to explore what metal threads can do, without worrying if I am doing it ‘right.’”

“As kids, we were always encouraged to be creative, in quite a freeway,” she notes. “Creating a mess whilst playing wasn’t particularly a problem for my parents. I think this gave us quite a lot of freedom to create and imagine.” Now running her own embroidery workshops, Newton encourages others to make a mess as they explore the ancient craft of embroidery.

The post The Goldwork Embroideries of Hanny Newton appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

“They’re all handmade and lately, I’ve been using felt which gives them a beautiful background color that matches perfectly with the amazing color palette that The Simpsons has to offer,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. To finish each art work, she needs about 10 to 30 hours.

“It takes me between 10-30 hours to make each of these embroideries but they’re all fun to make. Whenever I make them, I remember the scenes from my favorite cartoon,” she added.

You can find her work on her Instagram profile called bazarbartiano, where Martinez shares photographs of her masterpieces. Thanks to her talent, she has attracted over 34.2 thousand people who loves her work. So, if you are a Simpson fan, check out the embroideries in her Etsy store.

Scroll down and take a look at her creations below.

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