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Meet the Artist – Elle Foreman

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube Textile Collection. Today it features the Mark Making of Elle Foreman.

Have you thought about how to use mark making to create cloth?  
Elle Foreman uses mark-making, printing & mixed-media processes to create her own cloth – from up-cycled and pre-loved fabrics – before embellishing it with hand & machine embroidery.

Elle received an The Embroiderers’ Guild – UK Graduate Award 2019.

‘The strengths and uniqueness of British contemporary embroidery is due to the fact that it is founded on drawing.‘ Diana Springall.

Filmed at Knitting & Stitching Show 2019.

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Meet the Artist – Jo Beattie

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube Textile Collection. Today it features the beautiful embroidery of Jo Beattie.

Jo Beattie creates shadows to represent a fragment of precious memory held within a loved childhood toy. Each piece starts with a hand draw image which is then machine stitched in black thread. A recent piece of Jo’s work was purchased by the National Collection of Contemporary Textiles.

‘The strengths and uniqueness of British contemporary embroidery is due to the fact that it is founded on drawing.‘ Diana Springall.

Filmed at Knitting & Stitching Show 2019.