This lens is for embroiderers whose tools include more that the traditional needle, pins and scissors, and who are as likely to start a project with recycled tyvek envelopes as evenweave linen.
There is a soldering iron and heat gun in my sewing room. Heaps of fabric sit beside copper mesh, and polymer clay; embossing powders by silk threads.
UK Links for Experimental Embroiderers
- The Embroiderers' Guild
- From this website, you can join the guild, subscribe to Embroidery or Stitch magazine, and order specialist embroidery books online. There are also good sections to find out about embroidery courses and events in the UK
- Workshop on the Web
- This is a wonderful subscription based quarterly magazine, and I've been hooked on it since it first appeared. The Workshop was created by Maggie Grey - who has produced some of the great books in the Amazon section below- and used to be the Editor of Embroidery magazine. I look forward to receiving my passowrd every quarter- and love to log in to read interviews with leading textile artists, and be inspired by the amazing range of projects. There are also listings for events and an excellent sections describing new products and books- and links to great places to buy them. Just check out the free taster link to see just a glimpse of the hidden riches!
Worldwide Links for Embroiderers
- The Art Cloth Studio
- This page is the home of Jane Dunnewold- the writer of Complex Cloth. There we are introduced to the origins of the term Art Cloth, and there are essays, and inspirational pictures and reading lists. You can buy books and CDs, and more unusually, art cloth samples from the online store. A new venture is HeArt Cloth Quarterly- another online textile arts magazine.
A Good Cause
- Mission in East
- Please check out this website- Mission in East does invaluable work with children and young people in the Ukraine and former USSR
Bubbles- an easy way to create texture
To create this bubbled sample, I drew a grid on thick paper and cut out regular holes. I then took a very lightweight muslin and used the blunt end of a pencil to poke it through the holes. Finally, I laid a sheet of iron on interfacing on the back and ironed it in place. Carefully removing the paper left the bubbled fabric in the photo. Further ideas I might explore include using bondaweb and different coloured background fabric, and free machine stitching over the final piece. Experimental Embroidery Books on Amazon
Embroidery on Ebay
And a little music...
- The British Harpsichord Society
- The British Harpsichord Society promotes the awareness, enjoyment, study, performance and ownership of harpsichords and related plucked keyboard instruments in Britain. Our aim is to create more public awareness and get more people enjoying and playing the harpsichord.
There are lots of interesting musical links on this site, and membership of the society is entirely free.
by AnnG
AnnG
I'm one of the founders of a young software business, and have just dicovered the joys of online networking. I'm also a keen amateur textile artist, and... more »
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