Inspiration: Apple & Eve

It’s time again to share another one of my inspirations with you.

I think, almost all my life I thought embroidery is something very, very boring – and especially hand stitched stuff: such a waste of time! When I was a girl my mother gave me a embroidery hoop as a present – and I wasn’t really excited about that. Actually I only used it once in school when I had to… but I so disliked that boring stuff. My mother showed me some of the embroidery she did on some blouses and table cloth. Such boring stuff from my point of view.
Well, when I started to make fabric creatures some years ago – stitching the faces was the first thing that came to my mind. And of course I started the very simple way: a simple cross stitch for the mouth (of course inspired by the famous Miffy bunny) and some cloddy yarn thing for the eyes. And it really took some time until I realized that stitching can really be something nice, even relaxing, very creative and – absolutely not boring.

Since then – I stitched a lot. And stitching little doll’s faces is really something exciting – as I’m never really sure how a face finally turns out. But I even stitched very old-fashioned stuff in the meantime:

There is one artists who is my all-time-favorite inspiration concerning stitching: Apple & Eve

The work of Apple & Eve ist really one-of-a-kind, very special and you’ll always recognize an Apple & Eve’s art piece. The shapes of the Apple & Eve stuffed animals are simple, the colors vary only from pure white to linen or grey – and the simplicity of the creatures are clashing with the super detailed and precise stitching artwork. I absolutely love this way of opposites getting together: simplicity and complexity.

Have a look at Apple & Eve’s amazing work on flickr – and buy a piece of art in the shop (just as I did right now :-))

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