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Sara Barnes, an illustration blogger who enjoys ceramics & embroidery. This is a daily blog that loves illustration in its many forms (ceramics, embroidery, and tattoos ).
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1w ago
How do you create artwork that's authentic to you? Finding your visual language does not happen overnight. That's why having a guide towards doing so is invaluable. And it's precisely why I was excited to check out fiber artist Christi Johnson’s newest book, 'The Art of Embroidery Design.'
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1w ago
Illustrator and printmaker Tatiana Svistunova shows how puzzles are inherent in the process of crafting multi-color linoleum prints.
The post Hypnotic Printmaking Videos by Tatiana Svistunova Reveal the Puzzle in the Process first appeared on Brown Paper Bag ..read more
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3w ago
Breakfast, anyone? Artist Soeun Lee immortalizes the comforting moments of everyday life in her illustrative stained glass art.
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1M ago
The lowly junk drawer is immortalized as a collection of paper mache objects by Bernie Kaminiski.
The post Everyday Objects Are Immortalized as Paper Mache Sculptures by Bernie Kaminiski first appeared on Brown Paper Bag ..read more
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1M ago
Join me as I share my word of the year for 2025 and sound a little like "old man yells at cloud."
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2M ago
How do you store your embroidery thread? Here, I'm ranking five of the ways I've organized my thread (or not organized it) throughout the years.
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2M ago
Jamie Lomax of Pacific Knit Co. creates Doodle Card Decks that feature a variety of patterns and designs—from botanicals to Barcelona and beyond.
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5M ago
Make Your Own Menagerie when you stitch DIY embroidery kits designed and created by... me!
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8M ago
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Subscribe to my weekly newsletter! Orts: Threads of Creativity is where I collect and share small snippets of creativity: embroiderers, textile artists, illustrators, DIY projects, and how we can make time for our creative endeavors.
What’s your creative style? Do you follow a pattern or do you like to work freeform? I love a pattern—even if I’m the one creating it. But there is incredible freedom when you break out of a pattern and just let yourself play. But t ..read more
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9M ago
This article was originally created for Orts, my weekly newsletter collecting small snippets of creativity: embroiderers, textile artists, illustrators, DIY projects, and how we can make time for our creative endeavors. It’s published every Friday. Subscribe here!
How do we honor the things that we love? That was a question I sought to answer when writing my book Threads of Treasure. In it, I profiled artists who utilize found objects in their work, assigning meaning to things like leaves, animal skulls, and other items of discard.
But in writing this part of the book, I knew there were other ..read more