Tag: knitting
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Urban Floral Cross-Stitch Street Installations by Raquel Rodrigo
Raquel Rodrigo is a set designer and artist who brings the macro details of cross-stitch embroidery to urban landscapes on the building facades around Madrid. She prepares her colorful installations beforehand with enlarged cross-stitch techniques using thick string wrapped on wire mesh before each is unrolled and affixed to a surface. Here are some of…
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Crochet to Look Like Bacteria Growth in Elin Thomas’s Fiber Art Petri Dishes
Elin Thomas is a fiber artist who builds her science experiments using a felted wool base, and then carefully crafts individual growths using crochet and embroidery techniques. The end results are both striking and unique: petri dishes that look like they are filled with festering mould. Elin is based in the UK and Wales, but…
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Grandmother Yarn Bombs Her Town in the Name of Art
Now when you think of the world’s great street artists, the names Banksy, Blek le Rat and Os Gemeos probably come to mind. But what about a 104 year old grandmother? Grace Brett is that lady, and she’s probably the world’s oldest guerrilla knitter, aka ‘yarn-bomber extraordinaire’. This English lass helped Souter Stormers, a group of…
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93-Year-Old Grandma Shares 30 Years of Embroidered Temari Balls
Back in 2009, NanaAkua uploaded an incredible 468-picture gallery on Flickr that featured the amazing embroidery work of her then 88-year-old grandmother over a span of 30 years. Her grandmother practices a folk art form known as Temari. Meaning ‘hand ball’ in Japanese, the art form was introduced to Japan by China around the 7th century A.D. Traditionally, Temari…
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Amazing Crocheted Leaf Sculptures by Susanna Bauer!
To truly appreciate the delicacy of Susanna Bauer‘s leaf sculptures, think of crunching a dead leaf in your hand, how it disintegrates into dust with the slightest effort. To work with dry and fragile leaves as a medium for crochet seems nearly impossible, but Baur somehow manages it with ease, turning leaves into cubes, tunnels, and geometric…
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Now You Can Learn Anatomy From Dissected Knitted Creatures!
If you have a visceral or ethical problem with animal dissection, then maybe Emily Stoneking’s artwork will help you learn about what makes animals tick without making you hurl or cry. If your memories of those high school classes are less than fond, she also has alien knit dissections as well. Stoneking sells these knitted animals…
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The Cutest Miniature Crochet Animals Ever!
Su Ami are a family of five artists from Vietnam who crochet the cutest miniature animals ever. The artists sell their creations on Etsy where you can find hundreds of their miniature creations in various sizes. Some fit on the tip of your finger while others fit in the palm of your hand. Below you will find some…
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Men’s Crochet Shorts Made From Recycled Vintage Blankets
Crochet and men are all the rage at the moment. Individually and as a pair. Our last escapade into men and crochet uncovered Crocheted Food Hats (HERE). However Schuyler Ellers, who runs the Lord von Schmitt Etsy shop, has taken the art of crochet to a whole new level with their series of men’s crochet shorts made from…
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Artists Create Kitchen Out of Knitted and Crocheted Yarn
Fifty artists spent seven months combining yarn crafts with the décor of yesteryear to create this truly original piece: a crocheted kitchen. The cozy scene includes a table set with Thanksgiving dinner, a sink with counter space, a stove range, a refrigerator, a China cabinet and an assortment of wall decorations. Of course, each item…
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Australian artist Meredith Woolnough’s Embroideries Mimic Delicate Forms of Nature
Australian artist Meredith Woolnough creates elaborate embroideries that mimic delicate forms of nature like leaves and coral. “I have been collecting skeletonized leaves for as long as I can remember,” says the artist, whose “traceries” capture the beauty and fragility of nature. Woolnough uses a special embroidery technique that involves a domestic sewing machine and a base…