Sorcha O’Raw is an embroidery artist from Dublin, Ireland. How did you get into embroidery I got into embroidery in my last year of school. I’d done a continuous line drawing of a prop skeleton, I loved the drawing and wanted to do something more with it. I loved making things with my hands and…
Tag: Goldwork
Beautiful Phobias
Marie Wenham is an embroidery artist specialising in gold and crewel work. She previously trained at the Royal School of Needlework and now works as an embroidery artist, stylist’s assistant and seamstress. How did you get into embroidery? I learnt a few embroidery techniques by hand and by a sewing machine in college from a…
Golden Hinde
Golden Hinde are a small family run business specialising in goldwork embroidery. They produce Quality English Embroidery kits and sell wires and threads as well as all your sundry embroidery equipment to make your own designs come alive. I spoke with the founder Sarah about how she got into embroidery. How did you get into embroidery? A…
The Perpetual Maker
Hannah Mansfield is an embroidery designer from Bristol specialising in tambour beading and goldwork. How did you get into embroidery and what made you specialise in tambour beading and goldwork? I’ve been creative from a young age and tried out a lot of different crafts as I grew up and embroidery just kind of stuck…
Gold Finger
Jordan Williams Evans recently graduated in Textiles with Surface Design at the University of Huddersfield. His mixture of embroideries and self made felt fabric is the perfect combination of luxury and craft. You recently told me that you’re completing a final project. What and where did you study? I have just come to the end of…
Mary Martin Embroidery
“Mary Martin is a contemporary hand embroiderer who works out of her studio in Sharpstown, Houston, Texas USA. She has more than 40 years experience with embroidery, needlework, sewing, crocheting and crafting. Her embroidery has been exhibited internationally and is in private collections worldwide. She specialises in goldwork and blackwork embroidery, and has her own…