Hand Embroidery Episodes

John Thomas Paradiso is a Washington-based artist who has been exploring the intimacy of gay culture through needlework for over 30 years.

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.

Emma Homent, aka The Maker’s Marks, is a needlepoint designer and craft connector. Her book, Needlepoint - A Modern Stitch Dictionary has over 100 creative stitch types and is a terrific addition to your stitching library.

Cath Janes is a Welsh needlework artist whose anatomical hand embroideries show the scientific beauty of bodies.