i thought i would start a new series of posts sharing some of my favorite artists, or new (at least to me) finds. i am amazed by those who are able to create beautiful embroidery work, especially by hand. my friend sonia creates such work, and her ability and patience is inspiring. i was looking through stitch spectacular today, which is a blog that "recognizes the exploration of new frontiers in creative hand embroidery". dorie millerson is just one of the amazing artists whose work i discovered there. she is an artist and educator living in toronto, and i find her textile pieces absolutely stunning. millerson writes that her "work is concerned with the themes of attachment and memory", and that "(s)he has been experimenting with an embroidery process called needlepoint lace... that it allows her to literally draw with thread." i would love to see her work in person.
3 comments:
Lovely creations! Thank you for sharing... I don't think i've seen lace being used so creatively before, I love the bridge, it brings a new meaning to "suspension bridge", fantastic! It looks like the sort of thing if you went a bit wrong it would take ages to unpick... I wish there was somewhere I could go to learn new techniques like this.
thank you for this link! her work is so inspiring to me.
wow...just stunning!
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