22/04/2026
People often ask where the ideas for my embroidery come from.
Very often, they begin with old children’s books.
I’m drawn to the quiet details in them — the colours, the small animals, the rhythm of the illustrations, the way a page can hold an entire little world.
What I love most is not copying an image exactly, but translating it into embroidery:
into stitch direction,
texture,
colour transitions,
and a slower, softer kind of line.
This is also one of the reasons I care so much about old books and old objects in general.
Many of them carry a kind of thoughtfulness that still feels visible.
Sometimes an embroidery hoop begins long before the needle touches the fabric.
Sometimes it begins with a page.