Embroidered Life: The Artwork of Sarah Okay. Benning (Fashionable Hand Stitched Embroidery, Craft Artwork Books)

Embroidered Life exhibits that illustrations created with needle and thread might be strikingly up to date and completely breathtaking.

This isn’t your grandma’s embroidery guide:

From stunning botanicals to daring affirmations, the work of self-taught fiber artist Sarah Okay. Benning provides any embroidery fanatic, artwork lover, or plant fanatic a brand new appreciation for the craft of needlework.
• Study the intricacies of Benning’s progressive embroidery course of and profitable enterprise mannequin, providing behind-the-scenes insights to encourage makers and artistic entrepreneurs
• Brightly coloured pictures of her work are displayed all through with written notes explaining the which means and course of behind the stitches
• Beautiful pictures of her finest work captures the essence of her needlework and helps to evokes the readers personal creativity
• Contains a die-cut case with really stitching on the entrance cowl, making it a beautiful, touchable espresso desk guide

Followers of Punch Needle and Virtually Misplaced Arts can even get pleasure from studying about the best way embroidery floss turns into beautiful artistic endeavors.

• Sarah Okay. Benning is a recent embroidery artist primarily based in New Hampshire who creates extremely detailed, hand-stitched works; writes DIY patterns for different embroidery practitioners; and teaches workshops all around the world
• Sara Barnes is a contract author and artist, and writer of the weblog Brown Paper Bag
• Embroidered Life makes an inspiring reward for any artist or avid crafter