Some jobs are little known – like restoring old tapestries with a needle. Welcome to a world of patience and strong heart!
The strange universe of Annalisa Middleton
21/09/2020
The embroidered art of Annalise Middleton takes us into a fantastic universe
Intemporel-Timeless – The richness of embroidery to adorn our daily lives
13/09/2020
From one technique to another, Intemporel offers us magnificent embroidered objects with very diverse inspirations.
Teinture Sauvage (Wild dye) – the true colour-
09/09/2020
To stitch, you need threads. Coloured threads. But how to dye them? Welcome to the world of plants used by Céline Philippe.
Collette Kinley – A taste for nature
06/09/2020
Embroidery artist Collette Kinley has had tremendous success in recent months: welcome to her natural (and a bit crazy) world!
Raven Dock – the art of giving a soul to threads
09/08/2020
With Raven Dock, let’s travel to a skin-deep sensitivity, embroidered with tiny cross stitches
Ruth Miller – Portraits of Humanity
02/08/2020
Stitch by stitch, revealing the human soul – Ruth Miller, an artist who takes her time
Julie Sarloutte – free to stitch-
22/07/2020
Meet Julie, a French artist who gives embroidery a wonderful freedom!
The Opus teutonicum (German Embroidery) – A definition
21/07/2020
Have you heard about the Opus Teutonicum (or German embroidery)? Here is an excellent article about it from Bénédicte Meffre, specially translated for you.
Arctic embroidery-
14/07/2020
Even in the North we find an embroidery tradition! Here is a quick look at this quills, beads and snow history.
History of the embroidery frames-
17/06/2020
On what frame did we stitch in the Middle-Ages? What tools did the Renaissance embroiderer use? How was organized the 17th century embroidery workshop? A fascinating article by Bénédicte Meffre.
History of the tambour frame-
After visiting the Embroidery Frames, let’s have a look at the Tambour hoops and how they came into our world, with Bénédicte Meffre.
Amanda Cobbett – bringing emotion through hyperrealism
07/06/2020
Mushrooms, lichen and mosses – the ingredients of the fantastic works of an English artist to discover.
Bigouden headdresses – confection
26/05/2020
The Bigoudene headdress – the steps of its making, by Nadine Chaminand
Nadine Chaminand – Bigouden headdress embroiderer
The Bigoudene headdress is an art still practiced by the embroiderer Nadine Chaminand – Encounter…