thread painting – Fiber Talk

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Brittany Kiertzner

Embroidery painting by Brittany Kiertzner.

Mixed-media and textile fine artist Brittany Kiertzner joins us this week. Her work in abstract embroidery transcends the boundaries of traditional stitching, creating a world of imaginative and evocative designs. Through a dynamic interplay of woven threads, Brittany’s work is influenced by traditional Mohawk splint basket making and subversion of materials through repurposing and synthesizing the past. Kiertzner exhibits regularly at the Ahmad Shariff Gallery and other art houses and keeps us a steady stream of creative art while raising three children under the age of five. Visit her various online channels to further explore her art.–Beth and Gary

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Posted on October 22, 2022 by Gary Parr — 2 Comments

Fiber Talk with Rita Gaspar

Rita Gaspar joins us from Portugal this week to talk about her captivating portrait embroidery. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. We start the show with Rita teaching us how to pronounce bordado, the Portuguese word for embroidery. We have limited success. Then we move on to learn how Rita moved from crochet to thread painting and creating colorful portraits on printed fabrics, without the ability to draw. We talk about challenges of stitching various part of anatomy and her interesting stitching technique. Rita is a talented embroidery artist and it’s going to be fun to watch her art evolve in the coming years.–Beth and Gary

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Posted on February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Emillie Ferris

Emillie Ferris is a young, talented embroidery artist who started as a raw beginner eight years ago. To generate income, she taught herself to needle paint doing commissioned pet portraits. Today she is actively developing a design business that currently features a project on the cover of “Inspirations” magazine and a new class on the Domestika platform (wetalkfiber.com/ferris). Our conversation was a delightful exploration of her rapid growth in the needlework hobby. If you’re interested in participating in her new Domestika class, sign up at wetalkfiber.com/ferris and join us for a special live show with Emillie, Feb. 21 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.–Gary

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Posted on February 17, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-17-21

This seems like a good day for needlework chatting so Jenifer and Gary fired up the microphones and did a little recording. We announce our upcoming Thread Talk with Cathe Ray series, which starts March 17; kits available (in a couple of days) for Mary Jane Fry 1861 from Sassy Jacks Stitchery at wetalkfiber.com/mjf1861kit (chart is free at wetalkfiber.com/mjf1861); special live show Feb. 21 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern with Emillie Ferris on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel; Trish Burr’s “Colour Confidence” book and Jenifer’s needle painting effort; and the Art in Japanese Internment Camps presentation that Toni Gerdes made as part of the EGA Lecture Series. Join us tonight at 8:00 Eastern for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Jenifer and Gary will be stitching and chatting.–Jenifer and Gary

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Jenifer’s first attempt at needle painting.

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Jenifer’s dog Sophie modeling some new attire.

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Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Trish Burr II

Trish Burr’s Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers

Trish Burr joins us this week for a podcast sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. It’s been more than two years since we talked with Trish and she’s been busy developing a monochrome series and experimenting with embellishing painted/printed landscape scenes, while continuing to produce the needle-painting designs we all enjoy. Her biggest project has been producing the “Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers,” the latest edition to the Trish Burr library of needlework books. This time she collaborated with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and was able to develop designs from their vast collection of more than 200,000 pieces of botanical art. We explore what it takes to produce a book of this quality and what it offers to needleworkers at all levels. We also get a hint of what’s next for one of the top designers in the embroidery world. Enjoy the conversation and visit Trish’s social-media channels to explore and enjoy her work. –Gary

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