Dividing her time between Melbourne, Australia, and Brooklyn, NY, she works as both artist and mentor: designing and creating woven wall hangings, developing weaving kits, and teaching workshops across the world.

“I love what I do,” she told Created Here. “It has evolved so slowly that I have been able to make small movements in the direction that felt right at the time. I have brought on people who are invested in the vision, and we work together to make sure everyone is feeling happy and secure at each point of change. We really feel like a family.”

“Weaving is really a therapy for me,” she went on to say. “It allows me to explore emotions that I otherwise don’t give myself time to fully appreciate and explore. I like to return to the same moment or emotion a number of times to delve deeper, weaving the same emotion from different angles.”

Her work is sold both on Etsy and through online shops and boutiques around the country, but you can also enjoy it from afar through her Instagram page. Here are some of her page’s highlights:

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“I love mixing various sensibilities within the work – like loose stitches that feel more like a sketch drawing or thick dense areas of threads that become more sculptural, to fine thin layering of the simple running stitch that creates perspective and gives the feeling of familiarity and naiveté. I use crochet and appliqué and paint to bring out more movement within the staccato line work in some pieces.”

Collecting vintage printed fabrics for 20 years, those offer the basis for her embroidery work. “I often start out with the existing fabric as my foundation and then build the story from there, but sometimes I have an idea and then go searching for the right materials, pinning together bits and pieces of fabrics, embroideries and appliqué,” she explained.

Her finished products have an ethereal quality to them which draws from the materials themselves. Enjoy some of her artwork in the gallery below and follow her Instagram page for more.

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“As a teenager, I learned how to crochet from my mom, Takako Yamashiro,” she told the Urban Outfitters blog. “Once I figured out that crochet could be so much more than scarfs and baby blankets, the possibilities were endless. I have been consistently crocheting since then, making costumes, bikinis, soft sculpture, wall hangings, pillows, giant portraits based on the Cathy comics…”

Now she shares her finished products (unique, playful, and always laid back) with her thousands of followers. Her creations aren’t meant to be perfectly crafted. In fact, they’re meant to be un-perfect, and that’s just the way she likes them.

“Crochet is so versatile and I want to use this medium in new ways,” she explained. “With so much being produced by machine, ‘perfection’ is no longer interesting to me. I used to strive for the ability and skill to be able to produce physically what I envisioned mentally. But now, the changes that occur in the translation from the imagination to material, feel exciting and human. I see what is lost or misinterpreted in translation as the interesting and unique part of the magic that is created when something is made by hand.”

Take a look at some of her work in the gallery below.

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He uses pieces of fabric to create the realistic hair fashion often seen in his home country. This gives his portraits depth and makes them vibrant. What do you think? Scroll down for more.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyFuzxgZet/?taken-by=clemspeter_art

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Dividing her time between Melbourne, Australia, and Brooklyn, NY, she works as both artist and mentor: designing and creating woven wall hangings, developing weaving kits, and teaching workshops across the world.

“I love what I do,” she told Created Here. “It has evolved so slowly that I have been able to make small movements in the direction that felt right at the time. I have brought on people who are invested in the vision, and we work together to make sure everyone is feeling happy and secure at each point of change. We really feel like a family.”

“Weaving is really a therapy for me,” she went on to say. “It allows me to explore emotions that I otherwise don’t give myself time to fully appreciate and explore. I like to return to the same moment or emotion a number of times to delve deeper, weaving the same emotion from different angles.”

Her work is sold both on Etsy and through online shops and boutiques around the country, but you can also enjoy it from afar through her Instagram page. Here are some of her page’s highlights:

The post Who Knew Fiber Art Could Be This Exciting? appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I love mixing various sensibilities within the work – like loose stitches that feel more like a sketch drawing or thick dense areas of threads that become more sculptural, to fine thin layering of the simple running stitch that creates perspective and gives the feeling of familiarity and naiveté. I use crochet and appliqué and paint to bring out more movement within the staccato line work in some pieces.”

Collecting vintage printed fabrics for 20 years, those offer the basis for her embroidery work. “I often start out with the existing fabric as my foundation and then build the story from there, but sometimes I have an idea and then go searching for the right materials, pinning together bits and pieces of fabrics, embroideries and appliqué,” she explained.

Her finished products have an ethereal quality to them which draws from the materials themselves. Enjoy some of her artwork in the gallery below and follow her Instagram page for more.

The post These Embroidered Paintings Have an Ethereal Quality to Them appeared first on TettyBetty.

“As a teenager, I learned how to crochet from my mom, Takako Yamashiro,” she told the Urban Outfitters blog. “Once I figured out that crochet could be so much more than scarfs and baby blankets, the possibilities were endless. I have been consistently crocheting since then, making costumes, bikinis, soft sculpture, wall hangings, pillows, giant portraits based on the Cathy comics…”

Now she shares her finished products (unique, playful, and always laid back) with her thousands of followers. Her creations aren’t meant to be perfectly crafted. In fact, they’re meant to be un-perfect, and that’s just the way she likes them.

“Crochet is so versatile and I want to use this medium in new ways,” she explained. “With so much being produced by machine, ‘perfection’ is no longer interesting to me. I used to strive for the ability and skill to be able to produce physically what I envisioned mentally. But now, the changes that occur in the translation from the imagination to material, feel exciting and human. I see what is lost or misinterpreted in translation as the interesting and unique part of the magic that is created when something is made by hand.”

Take a look at some of her work in the gallery below.

The post Meet the Crochet Artist Who Isn’t Interested In Perfection appeared first on TettyBetty.

He uses pieces of fabric to create the realistic hair fashion often seen in his home country. This gives his portraits depth and makes them vibrant. What do you think? Scroll down for more.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyFuzxgZet/?taken-by=clemspeter_art

The post Artist from Nigeria Creates Realistic Oil Portraits Using Local Fabrics appeared first on TettyBetty.