rhian swierat
Ooooh! Painting and drawing and thread and sequins! I’d love to see these gems in person, but an extreme close-up or two is going to have to do for now. This is the mixed media work of New York based artist/graphic designer Rhian Swierat. Does she have a plan going into each piece? Yes – ish. Small stitched sketches get her going, but then she lets go and the whole process becomes very organic… perhaps that’s how those spider webs and flowers made their way in there.
“My process takes precedent over any drive towards a preordained composition. Sewing has no short cuts, you need to make every stitch to fill a space. This process becomes meditative as I work to recall each memory and distill it into a physical representation.”
Beautiful.
Love Love Love!
oh man, these are great! Especially fond of the first one here!
So gorgeous. I wish they were mine…
Wow! I love the combination of watercolor and embroidery. The texture is out of this world! Great work, Rhian!
Process sounds awesome, with beautiful results!
So beautiful!!! Excellent combination of mediums. Hope all is well.
It is impossible not to have a strong emotional reaction to these pieces
AHHH!! This is amazing. So absolutely lovely and clever. my fav combo. 😉
WOW. WOW. WOW. Blown away by Rhian’s work and so inspired to do some stitching myself now!
I can really see that graphic design influence and it’s cool…..threads are like text and overlapping paragraphs in harmonious compositions.
These works are really amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this one!
So glad you featured these! The pieces take on another level of meaning when you realize how long it takes to sew, and picture the artist painstakingly stitching out these intricate pieces, pricking their finger. Thanks for sharing!
Waouwww !!!! Superbe !!!!