Embroidered X-rays by Matthew Cox.Matthew Cox is a Philadelphia based artist who embraces and joins a variety of media in his work. His medical x-ray and embroidery series is just soooo... oh, I don't know... bizarre, bad-ass and pretty amazing all at once. The contrast of...
Maroquinaris Zoologicae by Billie Achilleos for Louis Vuitton.Billie Achilleos is a young British artist who was recently commissioned by the French luxury fashion house, Louis Vuitton, for their 100th anniversary celebration of small leather goods. Keeping alive the skills of a forgotten craft,...
Couture Embroidered Wallpaper by Claire Coles.My love for embroidery is nothing new, but Claire Coles' extraordinary hand embroidered wallpapers are certainly new to me. Claire graduated from Middlesex University in 2003 with first class honors in Applied Arts. Amongst her first...
Plantable | JAILmake Studio.Plantable is a handmade table by London-based JAILmake Studio (Liam Healy and Jamie Elliott) which will be on show at Designersblock during the upcoming London Design Week. Designed to interact with nature, this table offers a place to...
Embroidery Love.I have a little confession. There was a time when I considered embroidery to be just too traditional, old and boring (insert rolling eyes, pimply face and mouth wide open while chewing bubble gum). You get the picture, right? I was in my...
Interview | Bianca Chang.Sydney based designer and paper artist Bianca Chang creates beautiful, intricate and mind-boggling paper sculptures which I recently noticed popping up all over the place. In fact, you might remember that I blogged about Bianca's work back...
Heritage Cabinet | Boca do Lobo.Top marks for those who remember me blogging about a brilliant limited edition cabinet (“Pixel”) by Portuguese company Boca do Lobo, which was one of the standout pieces for me in Milan this year (see the post in which I featured the...
Stitched Illustrations by Peter Crawley.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...