As i have chosen to try machine embroidery i thought i should look to other artists that use the same method.
Bernie Leahy
He says that his art is all about capturing fleeting moments of gesture and expression. It begins with paper, ink and pen and then moving onto stitch. He only uses hand embroidery and basic machine embroidery.
Andrea Butler
Butler starts off with drawings and then creates three dimensional sculptures that demonstrate the human body.
"This three dimensional work evolved from exploration into the trans formative power of drawing, upon the human body and spirit.
It also reflects my preoccupation with protection, more specifically how the corporeal body acts as a protective covering around the ethereal self.
A two dimensional ink drawing recording the musculature of the human form has been redrawn to create a more sculptural image of the interior of the body and then developed into a textile form.
Nylon thread and pins were used as three dimensional lines while metal shim, hand felted wool and silk provided contrasting materials on which to make marks. The tensile structure references the tension of the muscles of the human body while the surface striations evoke creases on skin. the protective wrapping encloses an imagined internal site. where the spirit resides and dreams. a boned and laced aperture implies the splitting of membrane, suggesting the release of the spirit from its physical boundary. "