Stitched Illustrations by Peter Crawley.

Self promotional piece. Layered 420gsm white watercolour paper | Grey cotton thread | 280 x 280mm.

Colour Wheel. 420gsm white watercolour paper | 24 coloured threads | 400 x 400mm.

January. 420gsm white watercolour paper | Coloured cotton thread | 420 x 297mm.

Lines and Lines. 6804 pierced holes, 3402 stitched lines, one ampersand. 420gsm white watercolour paper | Black cotton thread | 400 x 400mm.

Peter Crawley is a UK based illustrator who has developed a distinctive style using thread woven through pierced paper. A product designer by day, he creates images of architecture, typography and abstract geometric patterns. Once he has chosen the subject, Peter sketches by hand and Adobe Illustrator vector files to work up templates and guides. Thick watercolour paper is then pierced by hand with a pin, and finally stitched with cotton thread.

Peter’s work has recently exploded all over the internet, and with it brought a number of impressive commissions such as Wallpaper* Handmade commission in Milan earlier this year, and a series of works for world famous luxury department store Liberty.

I am quite simply in love with Peter’s painstakingly accurate, crisp and minimalist creations which only reveal their delicate intricacy upon close inspection.

Extreme love. Yup. That’s right.

By the way, no post on Monday cause it’s a pubic holiday here. Ummm… I mean PUBLIC holiday. Sorry, those damn typos. Hahaha!

x dana

Liberty – From Regent Street. An exclusive commission for the world famous luxury department store Liberty. This single edition stitched illustration is now available to purchase in Liberty. 420gsm white watercolour paper | Black and Gold cotton thread | 500 x 700mm.

Architectural Reflections. 420gsm white watercolour paper | Black cotton thread | 420 x 594mm. (Sold)

No.1 Croydon. 420gsm white watercolour paper | Black cotton thread | 594 x 420mm.

[Images courtesy of Peter Crawley.]