IBABA RWANDA is the project of two French sisters with a shared passion for Rwanda, Veronique and Pascale and their cousin Solange, who joined them recently. In 2012, they re-opened an embroidery workshop in Rutongo, a village in Rwanda. The exceptionally skilled embroideries of this workshop had tragically stopped all activities following the genocide of…
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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…
Lines and Value
Lexi Mire is a photographer and embroidery artist living in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2016 she taught herself embroidery using YouTube tutorials and in 2017 opened her Etsy shop. She now creates completely unique custom embroidered hats and bandanas and it’s one of her jobs. When she’s not stitching, Lexi works in a wedding photo duo with her…
For The Love
Courtney McLeod is an embroidery artist from Ontario How did you get into embroidery? I went to university for material art and design at OCADUand I had to take classes in every craft under the sun. I took a class that taught us needlecraft but I left it alone until about two years ago when I…
Where The Data Comes From
Clara Pinto is textiles designer originally from Buenos Aires now living in East London. Before moving to London she studied Fine Arts specialised in Painting at the National University of Arts in Buenos Aires (UNA) and then got her BA degree in Fashion womenswear at ABM. How did you get into embroidery? A few years after…