Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on...
I’m halfway through my epic nine-city book tour and I’m having so much fun meeting many of the artists who contributed to the book. Read a recap of my East Coast over at my Unexpected Embroidery blog or come and join me at an event on the West Coast: October 6, 2011 Craft Bar, Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco, California 6–8 pm, Admission $5 at the door October 8, 2011 Yarn Bombing and …
I will be talking about Hoopla and showing images from the book at Type Books in Toronto tonight at 6pm. Come join me for a stitch and bitch after the talk. Door prizes will be given! Download Hoopla Poster for Type Books here
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting two film-makers, Sarah Gonzalez and John Moore who hail from Austin, Texas. They are making an ambitious documentary on the knit graffiti movement and are traveling all over the place to get footage. They interviewed Mandy (my co-author and co-conspirator in Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti) and I in my living room while we tried to keep my cat out of the view of the camera. Sarah and …
Is it September already? The days have been flying by as I prep for the upcoming tour for my new book Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery. The nine city tour will have me visiting bookstores and textile centers throughout the east and west coasts of the US. I’m excited to see so many places and to meet makers in every city. Many of the artists profiled in the book were interviewed over the telephone or Skype, so it will …
Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on innovative stitch artists who specialize in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as needlepoint nipple doilies and a ransom note pillow; it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work. Hoopla …
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