Wednesday 31 August 2011

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Caroline Hwang



Caroline Hwang New York based artist and illustrator working in  mix media. Her work is influenced by her grandmother crocheting and knitting. She collages together thread, fabric and paint. More about her here

Louisa Bufardeci




Louisa Bufardeci is australian artist living in New York. Making Anti War Speeches series involved downloading speeches from internet and taking snapshots of sound waves as well as rastarising them so they could be use as a template for recreating sound waves on canvas more of work by Louisa here





Lisa Solomon is a US based artist creating mixed media works revolve thematically around domesticity and craft.




Jenny Hart Austin based artist working in embroidery and a founder of Sublime Stitching a design company started to make hand embroidery once again popular.

Richard Saja






Richard Saja started few years ago a concept of using popular toile and embroidery to create those amazing pieces.

Evelin Kasikov








Evelin Kasikov London based graphic designer who created and developed CMYK embroidery technique during her studies at Central Saint Martins use typography and grid systems to challenge preconceptions about embroidery. Her work shows perfectly the use of traditional craft technique in completely new modern way. More about Evelin here




Alli Coate is as US illustrator who is mixing different techniques and media to create very homely filling. She use different fabrics but also embroidery to create this fill. You can view her work here and here

Kate Jenkins





I love very funny crochet work by Kate Jenkins, represented by Agency Rush Illustration. From the 1st of September she's taking over Rebecca Hossack gallery to do Kate's crochet market more information about the exhibition here

Hello

I made decision to separate my research from my illustration blog and create Thread and Lines blog just as a space to share  my findings and inspiration of using craft techniques in contemporary art and illustration. If you would like to see my work or see what I'm up to in my spare time please visit Mimi illustration blog