In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Melissa English Campbell. Melissa is a textile artist known for her experimental weaving practice that pushes the boundaries of pattern, structure, and meaning. In this second half of our conversation, Melissa shares how her signature style emerged…
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Melissa English Campbell. Melissa is a textile artist whose weaving combines painting, double-layer structures, and found objects to create works that shift between glitch-like distortion and serene beauty. In this first half of our conversation, Melis…
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir. Claire is a self-taught textile artist who uses embroidery as a storytelling tool to explore memory, motherhood, and creative discipline. We discuss her two 52-week stitched story projects - how they emerged from a desire to c…
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Fuzzy Mall. Fuzzy is a visionary textile artist who transforms reclaimed fabrics into playful, large-scale works that break the mould of traditional quilting. We explore how he uses his art to resist digital doomscrolling, experiment with ‘analog AI’ a…
In this 100th episode of NeedleXChange I interview Fuzzy Mall. Fuzzy is a self-taught textile artist celebrated for his huge, detail-rich portraits and installations made entirely from reclaimed fabrics. We talk about how he evolved from painting to pushing the boundaries of quilting at an epic s…
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Deborah Simon. Deborah is a Brooklyn-based sculptor and embroiderer whose work brings together faux fur, anatomy and a touch of the otherworldly. In this second half, we dive into how she moved beyond bears to create her transparent rabbits, how s…
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Deborah Simon. Deborah is a Brooklyn-based sculptor and embroiderer known for her hauntingly beautiful bears and rabbits that blend faux fur, taxidermy and anatomy. We talk about her early influences, how she went from painting to sculpture, and w…
Stephanie Kelly Clark is an embroidery artist who turns the quiet beauty of life into stitched stories.
Stephanie Kelly Clark is an embroidery artist who turns the quiet beauty of life into stitched stories.
CARO is a multidisciplinary artist who intertwines metalwork and embroidery to explore themes of time, devotion, and material storytelling.
CARO is a multidisciplinary artist who intertwines metalwork and embroidery to explore themes of time, devotion, and material storytelling.
Rosie James is an artist who captures moments in machine stitch.
Rosie James is an artist who captures moments in machine stitch.
Salley Mavor is a mixed media artist whose folk-art inspired vignettes tell stories of light and dark.
Salley Mavor is a mixed media artist whose folk-art inspired vignettes tell stories of light and dark.
Audrey Montoya is a needle felting artist whose melancholic characters are strange in all the right ways.
Audrey Montoya is a needle felting artist whose melancholic characters are strange in all the right ways.
Kate Tume, an embroidery and mixed-media artist known as Mother Eagle, creates vibrant masks that personify new Gods and draw from her interest in magic and mythology.
Kate Tume, an embroidery and mixed-media artist known as Mother Eagle, creates vibrant masks that personify new Gods and draw from her interest in magic and mythology.
John Thomas Paradiso is a Washington-based artist who has been exploring the intimacy of gay culture through needlework for over 30 years.
John Thomas Paradiso is a Washington-based artist who has been exploring the intimacy of gay culture through needlework for over 30 year
Joetta Maue is a curator, artist and teacher whose embroidered work focuses on liminal moments - the in-between spaces that contain magic if we take time to notice them.
Liv Aanrud is a Los-Angeles based artist whose vibrant tufted rug art pieces are a new form of folk art.