A stitch is an ordinary device, but when it's used for decorative purposes, there's magic in it. That premise underpins a new exhibition at the Folk Art Center that includes more than 60 needlework ...

There is an opinion that true art should be made of marble. Or at least painted in oil on canvas. But there are people in this world who create something so incredible with the simplest threads and ...

Our brains are great at forming images out of mishmashes and blotches of color, as a pointillist will tell you. Artist Ani Abakumova has taken that idea and applied it to simple colored threads to ...

What do you get when art meets math and computer programming? If you’re Ani Abakumova, what you get are stunning replicas of art historical masterpieces made from colored thread. The 32-year-old ...

“The act of hand weaving and dyeing cloth is extremely labour intensive – it can take months to make one piece,” says British artist Ptolemy Mann, who has been creating textile works of extraordinary ...

Vera B. Underhill creates a different kind of masterpiece on canvas , Vera Bisbee Underhill appeared as delicate and refined as the Bunka Japanese embroidery she took up 30 years ago as her vocation.