Textile Masterpieces created by The Materialistics

These are INCREDIBLE and were created by The Materialistics - a group of British textile artists!

Ed Munch's The Scream - knitted by Norma Box

Picas-Sew! - by Sue McBride - Based on Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Dora Maar

Other renditions of masterpieces include: Andy Wool-hol (Marilyn Monroe); Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers; Van Meer's Girl with the Pearl Earring; and Rembrandt's Self-Portrait. 

You've seen The Scream...How About The SEAM?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374029/Youve-seen-The-Scream--The-SEAM-Edvard-Munch-masterpiece-paintings-recreated-ladies-knitting-group.html

Knitted Masterpieces
http://andfinally.tv/2011/04/knitted-art/

Girl with a Knit-1 Purl1 Earring
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3513188/You-wool-never-believe-it-but-these-masterpieces-have-all-been-knitted-embroidered-or-crocheted.html

Textile Related Tutorials - Part 11

I still have to wonder what rock those people live under

who continually whine about artists not being

willing to share any of their techniques or processes...

Part 10    Part 9     Part 8    Part 7     Part 6

Part 5     Part 4     Part 3     Part 2     Part 1

Sewing Machine Tension Diagram - Superior Threads
http://www.superiorthreads.com/media/uploads/2010/12/02/files/Thread_Tension_Diagram.pdf

Find My Fabric - A search engine
http://www.findmyfabric.com/

Watercolor Pencils on Fabric (and a different way to transfer a sketch) - Loreen Leedy
http://studioloreen.blogspot.com/2011/01/watercolor-pencils-on-fabric.html

Elmer's Glue Crackle Technique - Wen Redmond
http://fiberartgoddess.blogspot.com/2011/01/elmers-glue-crackle-technique.html

Choosing Colors and Fabrics for Skin Tones - Leni Wiener
http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=1086

Thread Painting 101- Angela McIntyre

Supplies - Part 1
http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101.html

Supplies - Part 2
http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101_20.html

The Basic Stitch
http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/01/ho-to-series-1-thread-painting-101.html

             Basic Straight Stitch
             http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101.html

             Directional Zig-Zag
             http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101_11.html

             Directional Straight Stitch
             http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101_16.html

             Review and Wrap-Up
             http://laughingcatdesignsetc.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-series-1-thread-painting-101_24.html

Solids, Prints or Hand-Dye? - Leni Wiener
http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=1097

How to Stiffen Fabric - Jessica Jones
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-stiffen-fabric.html

Colored Pencil Work - Sandra Leichner
http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/colored-pencil-applique-tutorial/

Mini-Quilt Stands - Cheryl Sleboda
http://blog.muppin.com/2011/01/tutorial-for-mini-quilt-stands.html

A Tutorial on Pleather/Vinyl Straps - Cheryl Kuczek
http://paradisodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/method-monday-tutorial-on-pleathervinyl.html

Printing on Inkjet Fabric Sheets
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/784-0-0-39-121.html

Plexipainting - Margaret Hunt
http://scquiltaddict.blogspot.com/2011/02/plexipaintingsort-of-tutorialor-should.html

Corona 2: Solar Eclips - Caryl Bryer Fallert
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryerpatch/sets/72157625998890775/

Indoor Sunprinting Mini Tutorial - Sue Andrus
http://www.andrusgardensclassroom.com/indoor-sunprinting-mini-tutorial/

More Sunprinting Info - Sue Andrus - "This post will take you through some of the process of sunprinting fabric using deeper colors than I usually have used in the past."
http://www.andrusgardensclassroom.com/more-sunprinting-info/

Preserving Leaves with Glycerin for Printing - Sue Andrus
http://www.andrusgardensclassroom.com/preserving-leaves-with-glycerin-for-printing/

Photo Transfers My Way - Sue Andrus
http://www.andrusgardensclassroom.com/photo-transfers-my-way/

Playing with Inktense Blocks: Part I - Sue Andrus
http://www.andrusgardensquilts.com/blog/playing-with-inktense-blocks-part-1

Playing with Inktense Blocks: Part II - Sue Andrus
http://www.andrusgardensquilts.com/blog/playing-with-inktense-blocks-part-2

Industry Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting
http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/standards.html

Silkworms Made to Spin Coloured Silk

Seeing is believing:

Luminescent Silk Cocoons Viewed Under UV Light (Credit: IMRE)

Silkworms are fed a mulberry/fluorescent dye mixture which colors the animal as well as the fibers they spin.

Dye is added to the silkworn diet for the last 4 days of the larva stage

creating a coloured animal and coloured silk (Credit: IMRE)

To read full report:

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/silkworms-spin-coloured-silk-.htm

1,200 Stitches Per Square Inch - The Art of Ray Materson

Ray Materson's work is astounding, and the incredible detail packed into his 2.5" x 3" masterworks is remarkable. While in prison at the Connecticut Pennitentiary, he one day traded cigarettes for a pair of socks, unthreaded them and thus his transformation from a cocaine addicted robber to artist began. His subject matter ranges from gut-wrenching scenes of drug use to inspiring images of baseball players and the American skyline.

 Mariano Rivera - Ray Materson

 

 NYC Skyline from Liberty Island - Ray Materson

Till Death Do Us - Ray Materson

Website - Be sure to click on the links for Recent Work and Past Work
http://www.raymaterson.com/

Video - 3-minutes - Ex-Con on Pins and Needles
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3057431n

Video - 3- minutes - Eye to Eye: Prison Embroiderer
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3057448n

American Primative Gallery
http://www.americanprimitive.com/index.cfm?section=artist_works&artist=Raymond Materson&hasBiography=1

Incredible Anatomical Dress Art

"Artificial Beauty" is the name of a show held at Shih Chien University in China during the Fall of 2010. The designs included:

Artificial Beauty Exhibit - Anatomical Ball Gown - Back View

Artificial Beauty Exhibit - Anatomy Dress

More Photos (including front view of Ball Gown)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/charles_studio/4449645410/

What's Up With Cotton?

American Quilt Retailer magazine contacted 30 fabric companies for explanations related to the current and upcoming prices of cotton fabrics. Top executives of 11 of these companies responded: Avlyn, Inc.; Clothworks; E. E. Schenck; Hoffman California Fabrics; In the Beginning Fabrics; Marcus Fabrics; Michael Miller Fabrics; Moda Fabrics; Northcott; Robert Kaufman Fabrics; and Westminster Lifestyle Fabrics.

Their responses:
http://www.americanquiltretailer.com/cotton/

Fine Cell Work

Fine Cell Work is an organization devoted to teaching needlework to UK prison inmates as well as to sell their products. Twenty-six prisons are involved with male inmates comprising 80% of the project participants. Each devotes approximately 20 hours a week to the project doing the emboridery in their cells.

Abstract Painting Design - Fine Cell Work

Detail - Abstract Painting Design - Fine Cell Work

Fine Cell Work website
http://www.finecellwork.co.uk/home/

Video - 16 minutes
http://www.finecellwork.co.uk/audiovideo/

The Intergalactic Quilts of Jimmy McBride

Jimmy McBride is fascinated by astronomy and focuses his artwork

on various aspects of it. He states that his work is machine quilted

with hand embroidery, but I think he means that it is machine pieced,

 hand quilted and hand embroidered.

M64 - Jimmy McBride

Whether the focus is on galaxies, planets, nebulae, wormholes, etc., Jimmy likes to incorporate as many elements as possible into the work.

Phobos V2 - Jimmy McBride

Detail: Phobos V2 - Jimmy McBride

Jimmy's website:
http://jimmymcbride.com/home.html

Blog - this contains a lot of information not only about how his work is conceptualized, but he also shares some of the mechanics of how the patterns are drafted and put together.
http://www.intergalactictransport.blogspot.com/

Ethereal Artwork by Gabriel Dawe

Gabriel Dawe creates fascinating and mesmerizing installations
and other artwork primarily using only Gutterman threads,
nails and wood.



Plexus No. 4 - Gabriel Dawe

 Plexus no 2 - Gabriel Dawe

"Gabriel Dawe was born in Mexico City where he grew up surrounded by the intensity and color of Mexican culture. After working as a graphic designer, he moved to Montreal, Canada in 2000 following a desire to explore foreign land. In search for creative freedom he started experimenting and creating artwork, which eventually led him to explore textiles and embroidery—activities traditionally associated with women and which were forbidden for a boy growing up in Mexico. Because of this, his work is subversive of notions of masculinity and machismo that are so ingrained in his culture. By working with thread and textiles, Dawe’s work has evolved into creating large-scale installations with thread, creating environments that deal with notions of social constructions and their relation to evolutionary theory and the self-organizing force of nature." http://sweet-station.com/blog/2010/11/gabriel-dawe/

Gabriel Dawe's Website

http://gabrieldawe.com

Gabriel Dawe

http://www.booooooom.com/2010/12/02/thread-artworks-by-artist-gabriel-dawe/