Suspensión: Embroidered Art from Fiber Artist Ana Teresa Barboza
I am utterly awed and charmed by the gorgeous, dramatically textured landscapes in the Suspensión series from Lima, Peru-based fiber artist Ana Teresa Barboza.
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Lindsay Taylor’s 3D Machine Embroidery
These incredible 3D machine embroidery works by artist Lindsay Taylor are a wonderful reminder of how unbelievably versatile fiber can be as a medium.
How-To: Beginner Weaving Tutorial
Ready to try your hand at simple woven textiles? Make your own cardboard loom and jump right in with this beginner weaving tutorial!
How-To: Cashmere Cuff
Today over on the Purl Bee, Laura’s Loop shows you how to make a cashmere cuff. The cool colors remind me of a friendship bracelet. I love all the updated renditions I’ve been seeing the past few months!
If You Want to Destroy My Credit…
…hold this thread as I walk away. Artist Dimitri Tsykalov has four more of these giant knit credit cards on display over at Galerie Rabouan Moussion. Just don’t click past image 5/20 unless you want to see naked people covered in raw meat. [via adafruit]
Golden Needle Felted Koi
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, from user Christine Prusha, AKA FeltedChicken. The base, simulating water, is made from poured resin, with felted cherry blossoms sprinkled on top.
Diaphanous Multicolor Thread Windings
I try to avoid superlatives in my headlines, and have been for awhile now. But it’s been a long time since I had such a hard time resisting that urge. Here’s a few that came to mind while I was composing this one about the work of Dallas artist Gabriel Dawe: stunning, magnificent, celestial, gorgeous, beautiful, amazing, transcendent. “Awesome,” if it could still be used literally, might also have been in that list.
