Janice Jakielski - Addressing and Redressing the body

Have you seen these incredible stitched headpieces? Janice Jalieski has no formal textiles training and she believes this gives her freedom to explore beyond rules and boundaries. Her work is inspired by her grandmother's circa 1930's hat collection and explores themes of communication and connectivity.

"I am also drawn to the labor of embroidery, 

I can easily lose myself when embroidering 

and hand sewing, the repetition becomes a 

form of meditation." - Janice Jakielski

So many gorgeous details, fine embroidery and beautiful colours...

Do you like to indulge in the labour of stitching too? do you find it meditative?
I find there is something endlessly satisfying about creating things.

images from here
want to read more? there is an interview with janice here

sew-shi

via the independent uk

Fence Art

yes, that's right fence art- people are doing wonderful crafty things with fences. They are quite inspiring.

There is this amazing fence lacework

sweet woven yarn love hearts

plastic cup installations or "cuprocking"

Who knew ugly hurricane fencing could become so pretty and colourful?

Crafty Artists - Louisa Bufardeci

Aussie Artist Louisa Bufardeci embroiders lovely patterns made from the transcripts of telephone conversations. 

 fun idea and quite pretty, no?

xo 

Crafty Artists - Nike Savvas

This is the first of a series of posts profiling visual artists who incorporate wool, craft, sewing or embroidery in their work:

Do you find inspiration in Nike Savvas' lovely geometric woolly intallations?
(Her exhibition is on at Breenspace gallery in Sydney until Sunday - 6th June 2010)

 Nike Savvas (pronounced 'Nikki') is an australian artist and her current work Sliding Ladders  is inspired by childhood algebra and geometry, op art, craft, colour theory and sun gazing among other things.

"wool is warm soft crafty, furry and lowbrow"

I love the effects of the overlapping colours...have you ever made something by with two kinds of yarn at once?

Etsy Finds - Knitting Art

Is it any wonder that most of my favourite artists selling on Etsy have work featuring knitting or wonderful knitted scarves and jumpers? I have two prints gracing my walls right now with a knitted theme. I thought I'd share with you ten of my favourite knitterly artworks guarranteed to make your walls feel warm and fuzzy! (Well, not literally but you know what I mean!)

I love Knitting print by Ulaa

A Little Love in Every Stitch by LoveSugar

Big Plans print by Joutomaa

The Little Knitter print by TheBlackApple

Keep Calm and Carry Yarn by JennieGee

Knitty Knitty by AshleyG

Pamela in the Woods by HeatherFuture

Mittens by JuliaPott

Holly Golightly, Ode to Breakfast at Tiffanys by Elloh

Knit Together in Love by MeganKnorpp

I already have the Ashley G and the Julia Pott print and I wish there was room on my walls for more! Maybe knit themed artworks are just like scarves - you can never have too many?!