Lisa Smirnova’s Favorite “Painting” Medium Is Embroidery
Moscow-based artist Lisa Smirnova is an artist who uses thread like paint to create beautiful, impressionistic portraits and abstract designs.
Continue ReadingMoscow-based artist Lisa Smirnova is an artist who uses thread like paint to create beautiful, impressionistic portraits and abstract designs.
Continue ReadingIntroduction If you think about tools that we use today that are passed down from ancient people, the knife, or possibly a modern version of the spear might come to mind. Lying somewhere between those two implements in the modern-day usefulness is the awl. Made out of bone in ancient times, the basic purpose of […]
Continue ReadingWish your thread collection was always neat, pretty, and within reach? Well, that can certainly be arranged! Check out smart, useful, and downright lovely DIY thread hanger tutorial from Anna at Plan B! I love a good craft studio storage solution, don’t you?
Continue ReadingLooking for a smart way to organize spools of thread and bobbins for your next sewing adventure? Create a custom holder that’s perfect for organizing thread for either one project or your entire thread collection!
Continue ReadingYou wouldn’t be long getting frostbit digits trying to text without these smart phone mittens from Becky Stern over at adafruit!
Continue ReadingArtist Jenine Shereos made thread look surprisingly like spider webs in a site-specific installation called “De/constructed Lace.”
Continue ReadingArtist Nike Schroeder uses thread to create abstract works that are reminiscent of paint spread across the surface of a canvas.
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