FIBRE Art PODCAST

Stitch Safari

Australian Textile Artist, Cathy Jack Coupland hosts this brand-new fortnightly safari-inspired podcast, now with over 26.5K downloads.  Journey into the beguiling world of stitch, textiles, design and embroidery, with insights into its history, use, and innovations. Join this unique expedition and thread your way into the amazing and irresistible world of needle and thread.

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Embroidered Illusion: Distorting the Senses

Embroidered Illusion: Distorting the Senses

This is the episode where fabric and thread meet imagination.    Can a needle and thread truly be used to trick the eye? The simple answer is yes. Is it magic or simply sleight of hand? For centuries, artists and embroiderers have been playing games with our minds to...

Book Review: The Intentional Thread

Book Review: The Intentional Thread

Textile and Fibre artists looking to not only deepen, but also better understand a visual art practice or art educators seeking to inspire students will find this book a foundational text on their library shelves, reminding us all that intention transforms craft into art.

The Sartorial Embroidered Glove

The Sartorial Embroidered Glove

In 2025, gloves are emerging as a prominent and versatile medium for artistic expression.  More and more artists are using them as repurposed items, or to explore their symbolism and narrative potential.

The Wonderful World of Embroidery Hoops and Frames

The Wonderful World of Embroidery Hoops and Frames

I continue to learn during research for the Stitch Safari Podcast, and it's wonderful, but embroidery is such an ancient craft that sometimes the information is just not there.  So where do we look? Art.  Because, in this instance, that's the only source left...

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