Painting and embroidery on canvas

Yes. I'm the kind of art geek that takes a photo of the show statement because...well...the statement says it much better than I could paraphrase or summarize. I'll let you in on another little secret - what took to me this exhibit was the prospect of seeing more of Dorothy Caldwell's work. She is the one, after all, who has turned mending into art in our time. The Japanese have been doing it for centuries with their exquisite boro, yet boro was done for functional purposes, not artistic…

7x14 painted and embroidered canvas

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Beautiful flower canvas embroidered wall art... Instagram @chain_stitch

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Once your needlework is finished and you decided that you want to use it as a wall decoration, you have few options on how to do that: making it a hoop wall art, framing or mounting on a canvas. Today I prepared a tutorial for the latter one (this is a lengthy post, you were warned). Mounting Hand Embroidery. Why? So, why would you want to mount your needlework on a canvas? What are the benefits? Honestly speaking, there are no profound advantages or benefits for this. And I won't say that…

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Stephie Manchester Embroidery on Instagram: "I painted this hoop months ago and I’ve still not finished stitching on top of it! It was so satisfying sponging the paint on like this and building the layers… Anyway enjoy 5 minutes of calming painting noises and tapping x (special hello to Ellie and Olly, I think of you two every time I share a video now!)"