Month: September 2022

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Suzy Wright – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of artist Suzy Wright.

Suzy Wright is renowned for her iconic images of people, insects, fruit, flowers and birds created using free machine embroidery. Each piece can use up to 200 coloured threads. Suzy’s CV includes an Internship with Zandra Rhodes and also as a studio assistant for Kaffe Fassett.

Suzy Wright’s Artwork: https://orangethread.co.uk/

Suzy Wright machine embroidered self portrait
Suzy Wright machine embroidered self portrait

Each artwork starts off as a piece of medium weight calico. The large statement pieces feature a fully stitched background turning the piece into a new type of stitched fabric. Each piece can use over 200 threads blending colours and building shades from dark to light.

Machine embroidered birds
Machine embroidered birds

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Collections Exhibition

Sylko Addict hand embroidered art

I’m please to announce that ‘Sylko Addict‘ is part of the Embroiderers’ Guild Collections exhibition which will be showing work at the Knitting & Stitching Shows in Alexandra Palace and Harrogate 2022.

Embroiderers' Guild Collections Exhibition
Embroiderers’ Guild Collections Exhibition
Collections Exhibition - hand embroidered art
Sylko Addict – part of the Collections Exhibition

This artwork shares my Sylko Addiction and why I adore them so much – it started as a collection of thoughts and slowly grew into a poem. Hand stitched text. Cotton cloth, vintage Sylko red thread.

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Sylko Addict

Sylko Addict - hand embroidered art

Sylko Addict is my latest artwork featuring hand stitched text – I have a real weakness for vintage cotton reels.

I adore the jewel like colours and can’t resist buying them wherever I go. There is however one particular brand that I’m slightly addicted to acquiring and that’s Sylko by Dewhurst.  I have shelves and boxes full of both the small, medium and large reels.

Sylko Addict hand embroidered art
Sylko Addict

This artwork shares my Sylko Addiction and why I adore them so much – it started as a collection of thoughts and slowly grew into a poem. Hand stitched text. Cotton cloth, vintage Sylko red thread.

hand embroidered art
Hand embroidered art

I really must think of a name for this collection of square text embroideries – any suggestions?

Update:

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been invited to exhibit Sylko Addict in the ‘Stitch by Stitch Textile Collective’ – “An exhibition for established and emerging textile artists working with stitch, fabric and mixed media” – at the Willow Gallery, 56 Willow Street, Oswestry, SY11 1AD; Saturday 1st July – Saturday 19th August 2023.