Twin Peaks Embroidery V – Killer BOB, The Giant and The Log Lady

This is the last post of Twin Peaks Embroidery from my current show.
These are all fairly large, Bob and the Giant are 2×3 and the Log Lady is slightly larger.
I used all 6 strands of floss included in the standard Embroidery floss pack, so the stitching is pretty thick. They are all done in stem [...]

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Twin Peaks Embroidery IV – Nadine and James Hurley

I am still trying to get all of my Twin Peaks portraits posted. So, here are the latest two, Nadine and James Hurley.
Nadine has always been one of my favorite characters, so it was incredibly fun to work on. Her hair was my absolute favorite thing I did on any of these.

I think James is [...]

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Twin Peaks Embroidery III – Agent Dale Cooper and Donna Hayward

Here are two more portraits from my Twin Peaks Series. I am still not excited about the likenesses on these, but I am happy abut the overall results none the less.
Since I covered most of these stitches in the previous post I will spare us all the repetition.

I used packed Colonial knots again for Donna’s [...]

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Twin Peaks Embroidery II – Audrey Horne and Leland Palmer Portraits

As promised, here are two more of the Twin Peaks portraits I did for my show.
I am very pleased with the amount of detail I was able to get into these. They are currently framed in oval 8×10s.  I thought I would break down how I made the pieces because that is what people seemed [...]

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Art Show – Twin Peaks

My art opening is coming up on October 24th , thats next Saturday. It’s at Blackerby Violin , located at 1111 W. Anderson LN.
Also Exhibiting; Don Jolly with original pages of  his comics SUBHUMANOID and FARLAX the LAST ELF, Max McDermott with paintings and Katie Pipkin with her exploration on Breathing, featuring painting, drawing and [...]

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Your Future Lies Smoldering At The Feet Of The Robots

This is another nightmare with the glitter embroidery floss. I love the finish product but it took me forever. Every stitch was an argument. I thought working with the glitter floss was rough going when I was doing embroidery, but it was nothing compared to trying to wrestle it through 18 count cross stitch fabric.

Those [...]

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Some of My Favorite Inventors: Embroidery

I decided to do these inventor portraits awhile ago. I think they are some of my favorite things I’ve ever done.
I decided on Nikola Tesla, Robert Moog, Leon Theremin and Thaddeus Cahill. It seems that many people are not so familiar with the Telharmonium but I have been fascinated with Cahill’s story for some time now.

I [...]

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Anatomy Lessons

I have a weird interest in medical drawings. I especially am interested in medieval anatomy illustrations Anyway I have spent some time recently looking at some of my anatomy books and was inspired to start on a new embroidery series.
I made this digestive tract piece first. I am not sure why I think it is [...]

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Beer Cozy

I have been cranking out these beer cozies. The design was super simple to make. I just crocheted in the round until it reached the desired size,  then crocheted out a tube from there. When the idea hit me, it was the middle of the night and the only wool yarn I had in the [...]

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Embroidered Handkerchiefs

I’ve jut finished up a ton of pieces for the show I have up at the Flightpath. I’m sharing the space for the month with Logan Cooper of Boots in the Oven and Andy Sams, both are exhibiting photography pieces. The show will be up until September 1st.
I’ve been picking up vintage handkerchiefs for the [...]

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