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クロスステッチで基板を作ったのは私だけかもしれません

one of the coolest things about smocking is the use of a print as a preexisting grid or pattern

polka dots become flowers, gingham becomes an isometric grid, stripes become whatever you want

i actually read a blog post where a lady tried smocking for the first time in forever & said “i dug out some old spotty fabric because i’m too lazy to draw all those dots”

Pierre Fouché. 1994.77 or Lebenslänglichen Explosionsglück, 2020.

Rayon chords from a World War II parachute.

Knowing the reference image, my jaw dropped when I saw the art inspired by it.

Life-32 x 24in- 81x61cm-2023

To All the Bodies I've Dreamt of Carrying in Absence of Yours, 2022, TC2 weavings made up of collected texts about grief

Tissages (2020-2021)

16 frame shooting star animation. January 2022-September 2024 Needlepoint

Frames from my shooting star gif. 16 frames total. Each frame is 8x6.5 inches on a 10” mesh. Designed and animated in photoshop and needlepointed by me. I started drafting this 1/14/22 and finished animating it 9/25/24. It took approximately two years and eight months to finish. This is one of the largest projects I’ve ever worked on and I’m very happy with how it turned out.

joan steiner in art to wear - julie schafler dale (1986)

I ended up researching Joan Steiner cuz I love this piece so much and did you know while most of her art to wear pieces are in a museum this one ☝️ is LOST no one knows where it is. Every day I dream someone finds it in a thrift shop

oh yeh we're drawing on fabric again lol

Saskia Bunce-Rath

Donna Han, Extra Sensual Purge, 1995

“Donna Han, a second-generation Korean American, uses traditional women’s craft materials and techniques to explore dislocation, separation from self and home, and conflict between collective social expectations and individual dreams and desires. She works with found materials because they are cheap and because they help her bridge disparate worlds, and build new concepts of home by finding threads that connect the inner, outer, and under worlds. Found materials, like past experiences remembered, explains Han, are recycled debris given new life.”

Harmony Hammond, Lesbian Art in America, 171

Barbro Nilsson (Swedish textile designer) 1899 - 1983 Atomkraft - Atomkraften, 1966.

@cirosatabolarc

Deleted blog post from terminal-boredom.com

Love how all the interviewees are like "these are my going out pants. They suck."

Lab Update: Uh oh.

Moonpie the Baker & Babybel the Butcher: a set of wall hangings commissioned by a very lovely (and patient) customer.

Needle felt & embroidered felt appliqué, measuring about 85cm at their longest and taking the better part of a year, on and off, to complete. A joy from start to finish 💖🐱