Tag: Embroidery

Stitched: Scotland’s Embroidered Art

Magnificent bed hangings, tablecloths, tea cosies and more bring Scotland’s heritage of interior domestic design to life in this extraordinary exhibition covering 1720-1920
Now You See Us. Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920

Monumental and momentous, this exhibition does away with any lingering notion that there have been ‘no great women artists’, offering as evidence more than 100 names and 200 works
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

More than 40 dresses and embroidered objects from Jordan and the West Bank, along with filmed interviews, trace the evolution of this traditional craft during sweeping political and social changes in the region
Britta Marakatt-Labba: Under the Vast Sky

Miniature hand-stitched worlds hide darker themes – climate change, corporate exploitation, right-wing extremism and the constant threat to the way of life of the Indigenous Sámi people of northern Europe
Julie Cockburn – interview: ‘My work is about telling the truth, but in a really circuitous way’

At the opening of her latest show, Telling it Slant at Flowers Gallery, Cockburn talks about happy accidents, the labour that goes into her work and the simple joy of circles
Zoë Buckman: ‘One role of feminism is to address and reframe how we construct masculinity’

The London-born, New York-based artist known for incorporating highly personal motifs, such as embroidered underwear, in her work, discusses feminism and the role women play within her art
Julie Montgarrett: ‘I have always gravitated to the seductive character and movement of cloth and thread’

Australian artist Julie Montgarrett uses her work to explore the continent’s problematic colonial past, employing textiles and stitching to tease out the selective histories and mythologies of settler narratives
Cayce Zavaglia: ‘I have always wanted my work to be about the portrait and the process. I strive to keep these two aspects of painting in balance’

The artist talks about painting, embroidery, close relationships and how her studio practice develops through time
Raed Yassin: Kissing Amnesia

Lebanese artist and musician Raed Yassin displays his magnetic, humorous and moving works in the ever-seductive surroundings of Lord Leighton’s Orientalist fantasy in London’s Holland Park
Sophia Narrett: ‘I see the sewing process as akin to drawing’

The artist talks about the process of making her embroideries, why she uses pop culture for source material and why narrative is so important to her