textile art
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July 30: the day the world embroiders!
July 30. Somewhere in São Tomé and Príncipe, someone starts a new embroidery. In a library in Canada, a group gathers to sew and chat. In England, a museum opens space for workshops. In different cities across Brazil, needles pierce fabrics, hands meet, and stories continue to be told. Perhaps, on this very day, you…
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Botanical embroidery
This year, almost all of my embroideries have been botanical. Leaves, flowers, branches, roots. It wasn’t a conscious decision. It just happened. Today I think my unconscious already knew what my hands were looking for. This story began in college. Curiously, although I majored in Library and Information Science, it was there that I came…