Embroidered ‘Psychological Landscapes’ That Tell Stories In Thread

I am a self-taught embroidery artist who creates figurative narratives in thread. My background is actually in traditional fine art but I stumbled upon the medium back in college. Combining the immediacy of sketching with a deep love for textiles and sewing, drawing with thread satisfies both of my interests. There is just something beautifully fragile, odd and otherworldly about the medium. Densely embroidered, compressed images composed entirely out of thread is a direct link to my inner world, and seems tailor made for secret thoughts.

My work is about the human experience; how we live our lives, the stories we tell ourselves, the history we choose to pass on or leave behind. I strive to create work that captures the murky tangle of our interior world in a way that is both beautiful and haunting. My hope is that if the work rings true personally, it will resonate with others too.

More info: michellekingdom.com

#1 Life Will Divide Us

#2 The Dressing Room

#3 Preparing For Flight

#4 What Is Done Cannot Be Undone

#5 Still The Sky Was Blue

#6 Headlong Over Precipices

#7 We Become Unrecognizable

#8 It Had Already Become The Past

#9 Truth Breaks A Thousand Times

#10 Promises Cannot Obscure The Sun

#11 A Fragile Clarity

#12 Duties Of Gossamer

#13 Truth Breaks A Thousand Times

#14 Tending Mislaid Burdens

#15 They Could Feel Themselves Shining In The Dark

#16 The World Would Continue Without Us

#17 Because Reality Takes Shape In The Memory Alone

#18 Ready Steady

#19 Some Imagined Future

#20 Here We Can Whisper

#21 Roots Became Skeletons

#22 How Cloudy The Glass Had Become

#23 Almost Whole Now

#24 Indelible

#25 Tomorrow Will Insist