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Design Crush: Maricor/Maricar

June 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Embroidered song titles by Maricor/Maricar via Seesaw. They make it look so easy, don’t they? I love that they appropriated the corded texture to accentuate the designs and bring them to life.

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The Magnetic Fields  /  Grandaddy  /  Pavement  / Blondie  / The Postal Service

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Artist Crush: Sara Barnes

June 20th, 2011 · No Comments

New embroidery by artist and blogger extraordinaire, Sara Barnes.

 

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Doggie Lovin’

November 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Jo Chambers is a lovely Art Hound reader from Bristol who just opened a shop on etsy. The textile artist and illustrator, who goes by Studio Legohead, is selling blank cards of her original illustrations of dogs and fashion accessories. I can only assume that these are dogs she knows well because the drawings capture so much personality!

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But wait! There’s more! Jo also does embroidered doggie portraits! I’m in love!

Wormholes

October 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Beautiful embroidery by At Swim Two Birds. These pieces are from her series, Wormholes and Peacocks, which you can view on flickr. I love seeing the distinction of art and craft blurring as artists take up traditional craft media like embroidery. Two other artists working in embroidery are Cathy McMurray and Ana Botezatu.

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I know I came across this work on another art blog but for the life of me I can’t remember which. So my sincere apologies for the missing link back.

Artist Crush: Ana Botezatu

September 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I came across Ana Botezatu‘s work on dear ada today and am totally in looove. Embroidery + robots + foxes + hot pink = love at first sight.

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