FIBRE Art PODCAST

Stitch Safari

Australian Textile Artist, Cathy Jack Coupland hosts this brand-new fortnightly safari-inspired podcast, now with over 23.3K 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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Beetles, Butterflies and Insects in Embroidery

Beetles, Butterflies and Insects in Embroidery

There's a very funny insect that you do not often spy, And it isn't quite a spider, and it isn't quite a fly; It is something like a beetle, and a little like a bee, But nothing like a wooly grub that climbs upon a tree. Its name is quite a hard one, but you'll learn...

Australian Textile Artist Annemieke Mein

Australian Textile Artist Annemieke Mein

This episode pays tribute to an embroidery artist who, from a very young age, was devoted to capturing and recording the beauty and complexity of nature, learning to note intricate details that would later lay a foundation for her work in textiles. This Dutch-born...

Machine Embroidery – Book Reviews

Machine Embroidery – Book Reviews

This is a follow-up to the last episode of the Stitch Safari Podcast, Masters of Our Machines, and focuses on books offering inspiration, technique, and thoughts on the artistry of machine embroidery today. In the vast sea that makes up the book world which are the...

Masters of our Machines

Masters of our Machines

'If I can draw it, I can stitch it' is my mantra. I'm talking about using a sewing machine as a mark-making, art and design tool to create lines, shapes, and patterns using a needle and thread, often with the feed dogs disengaged, forming personal narratives and...

Master Embroiderers:  Alice Kettle and Salley Mavor

Master Embroiderers: Alice Kettle and Salley Mavor

In this episode of Stitch Safari, I want to talk about two amazing, exciting and innovative embroiderers. They were chosen because of how differently they work, highlighting the diversity embroidery offers.  But it doesn't stop there. They live on either side of the...

Books Using Stitch, Textile or Fibre Imagery

Books Using Stitch, Textile or Fibre Imagery

You all know my passion for books and videos, well one genre I've completely overlooked is the style of book that uses embroidery, textiles and fibre as the imagery to help tell the story. This caught my attention while researching another topic, so I thought I'd...

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