Novel threads

Can you tell I love embroidery? It's so versatile!

-Carolyn

found herefound here

Successes, Failures, & UFOs : Following Up!

Ok. Following up on previous posts...we have finished with the final stages of 2 projects. One was a success and the other was unfortunately a failure.

We were successful with our wet felted pieces. Scroll down to see them mid-process:

Jamie's & mine

We tried firing our PMC pieces. We have never used this type of open kiln before and it got too hot, too quickly. My 'C' charm completely melted. The backs of the smaller ones got imprinted by the wire mesh:

And I just thought I'd show you my embroidery progress. I've always got about a million other projects on at the same time- so it is slow-going!

-Carolyn

Embroidered porcelain?

Diem Chau is an artist who is doing some interesting things with embroidery.

How did she do it? At first I was perplexed:

The perspective was odd...
...but could possibly hold true if the artist's approach was calculated:
This one is my favorite:Then I saw this photo of a similar piece where you can see a dip in the middle:
She embroiders on a screen, pulls it tight across the tops of the porcelain dishware, and then adheres it to the rim: Phew! At one point I wondered if she were gluing down each individual thread. What a great idea!

-Carolyn



And I threw in these carvings of hers just because they're so cool- Crayola crayons!

In the works

I'm starting a new embroidery project. And it's big! I drew out a light diagram for myself, so obviously that's all going to be covered with embroidery floss.

Can't wait to see how it turns out...

-Carolyn

fern animal glow in the dark

Cuteness...!
fro Ashley's blog: "

This project is a collaboration between Fern Animals and Velle Magazine. We have all been working this for months now, and I am so excited to finally be releasing it!

This exclusive glowing Fern Animal is completely hand embroidered with glow in the dark thread, and comes in a hand made glowing carrying case produced by Velle.

The animal is made from recycled linen that was pulled from the back of an Audubon print (I have a book conservation friend!) and is stuffed with 100% Natural Organic Cotton.

The carry case is hand made from natural wool felt, clear vinyl and polymer, and is also stitched with glow in the dark thread.

This is the first in a very small edition of only six glowing animals!

The auction begins tonight, March 20th at 10pm EST, and will be up for five days, ending Monday March 24th at 10 pm EST." Link.

-Jamie

Simplicity itself...

I found these embroidered pieces on the Bella Dia blog.

-Carolyn

I love the idea of doodling with embroidery...

...and of course love the beauty of a very simple design.