Maurizio Anzeri

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"His embroidered patterns garnish the figures like elaborate costumes, but also suggest a psychological aura, as if revealing the person’s thoughts or feelings."

images and words from here. 

Andrea Farina

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I'm completely astounded by these thread sketches by Andrea Farina. 

Moon Set / Sun Rise

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Some of my most recent work. Really getting back into nature, craft, and yarn. Lots more to come! Follow me on instagram: @christijay for loads of craft, inspiration, and nature.  

Ana Teresa Barboza

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I'm absolutely positively 100% in love with Ana Teresa Barboza's work. The way humanity interacts with nature is hilarious and so right on. Her use of embroidery looks incredibly time consuming and painstaking, yet still loose and sketchy. 

Kate Keara Pelen

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all images via here. Discovered via Johanna Williams Pinterest. 

Do you have an extra 3 hours to spend on a visual overload of textures and patterns? No? Then you do not want to check out what else is on her Pinterest. 

Izziyana Suhaimi

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images from here. 

"I am interested in collapsing the boundaries between traditional and popular cultures and exploring the links that exist between these two. My work examines how this particular mishmash manifests itself in modern times, especially concerning modern youths. Preferring to work with craft-based techniques, I am attracted to the evidence of the hand and its time-consuming aspect, which runs counter to the instant gratification and mass-production centred age of today."

-Izziyana Suhaimi

Discovered via Textile Arts Center's blog, Izziyana's embroidered drawings are absolutely stunning. Her vision blurs together fashion, art, and craft in such a unique manner. I especially love the backs of her work, being able to see how such chaos can support such beauty.

Swing Low Alabama

Etsy posted a story on their blog about Natalie Chanin and her unique business, Alabama Chanin. This woman has a special place in my heart as my senior mentor in college. We would have working designers that would come in a few times a year and guide us through essentially designing a look for their line, while the students and teachers work on the reality of creating what could sometimes be incredibly painstaking, time consuming, and tear inducing projects. Read more here. Lucky for me, I enjoy laborious hours of hand stitching. Her concept of creating every piece by hand in the USA sounds like a dream come true to me, and the fact that she does it all in Alabama makes the story that much more beautiful. Here's what one Etsy blog reader said, I couldn't have put it better if I tried.

"So much low quality clothing is out there because of the need for instant gratification and the 'I want it fast, I want it cheap' attitude. There is something satisfying and fulfilling about something that was made with skill and love, not to mention something that also empowers and sustains a community. This inspiring story is proof that people succeed as a group – as a community. No machine can ever replicate the beauty coming from creating with one's hands and one's heart."





   

Embroidered

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AOGRAPHY via hop on the spiral bitch.

Go ahead and check out the rest of this photographers images, so amazing...