Research
Researching is also embroidering.
Research isn't preparation that comes before the work: they are the same activity. Every piece leaves new questions; every question opens a path of materials, techniques, and references.
Institutional dialogue
The Amelia hoop and the conversation with the Museo del Oro
Some pieces are born to engage with spaces that already hold their own relationship with material, time, and permanence. The Amelia hoop opened a conversation with the Museo del Oro about what embroidery shares with goldsmithing: precision, patience, and an object conceived to outlast its maker.
Creative process
Before the first stitch
Every piece begins long before the hoop: with visual references, material tests, sketches that get discarded. The creative process isn't a step to rush through on the way to the finished work. It's where the most important part of the work happens.
Direction of the stitch
What isn't visible at first glance
Up close, every stitch reveals a direction decided in advance: a tiger's fur isn't embroidered at random, it's built in layers, the way real fur would grow.
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