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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Show notes, resources, and my thoughts
The Subversive Bridal Gown
The subverted wedding dress, unbound by convention, yet still steeped in the traditions of beauty and elegance, is becoming more popular with modern-day brides, and designers are speaking with a needle and thread and unlimited imagination.
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...
The Connective Power of Passion and Curiosity in Embroidery
Is it the creativity, the rewarding results, the tactile experience or the ability to express oneself through colour and design? It’s all of those and more.
Embroidery and The Preservation of Skills: The Hand & Lock Prize
The legacy of Hand & Lock is the championing of artists through their annual Prize, reminding us that even the most delicate threads carry powerful and insightful stories across the centuries and cultures.
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 Leaf Motif: From Garden to Gallery
This inspiring form of embroidery offers a deep dive into how easily obtained natural elements, such as leaves, can be transformed through embroidery.
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.
2025 Embroidery Trends: Are They Here or Not?
Join me as I explore the predictions from 2024 for embroidery trends in 2025. Are they correct? Do they tally with what embroiderers are creating now? Let’s find out together.
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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