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Embroidery – Jan/Feb 2025
A note from the Editor.
If you’re wondering what 2025 holds for you, wonder no more. Embroidery magazine’s Jan/Feb issue includes a full rundown of compelling exhibitions and events throughout the year and across the UK.
Our incredible Natural Woman cover star is by @fionacowelldesigns. Inside, we catch up with Fiona and the creators of the wealth of brilliant artworks from this year's prestigious @handandlock_theprize for Embroidery.
You’ll also be able to meet the Guild Grads who represent the future of our art, along with the recipient of @qestcraft Rising Star Craft Award, @hannynewton.
We’re excited about previewing Balinese artist @citrasasmita_work’s exhibition at the @barbicancentre; the touring show Made in the Middle, which highlights crafters from the Midlands; and some of the selection panel’s choices for @broderers.exhibition: The Art of Embroidery.
Pictorial extravaganzas come in the form of profiles of Swedish artist and environmentalist @brittamarakattlabba, and @carolavandyke who delights in the droop of a petal.
With all your favourites too, from a quick rundown of holidays and retreats in Out and About to the Somerset Sewing Room of @sianmartin1335, plus Take 5 Books, it’s too good to miss!
We hope you enjoy the first issue of 2025!
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Our mission is to bring you the best of embroidery and textiles, talking to makers and artists who share their passion for embellishing the surface with us – giving our readers a unique insight into all facets of this sumptuous craft
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Embroidery magazine is published six times a year and first rolled off the press in 1932 – making it one of the longest standing textile magazines published today. The Embroiderers’ Guild has digitised the complete archive of its publication Embroidery magazine as well as The Embroideress. Dating back to 1922, containing over 450 issues the new archive is available for institutional and individual subscriptions and is seamlessly available across web, iOS and Android devices. https://bit.ly/EmbroideryArchive
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Feel Inspired
Amanda Cobbett began life as a designer but is now wowing a whole new audience with her hyperreal take on the natural world, in particular her machine embroidered 3D sculptures of fungi. This feature was written by Deena Beverley and published in the November/December 2019 issue
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Ann Goddard was announced as winner of the inaugural Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award in 2019 and was interviewed by Jo Hall for the January/February 2020 issue.
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