South African designer and fibre artist Danielle Cloughuses thick, bright thread to create bold embroidery pieces. Starting out by doodling with a needle and thread three years ago, her work has grown to use everything from shoes, rackets and iron gates as surfaces for her stitches. Her subject matter includes nature, cult references, food animals and portraiture. Her aim is to revive this antiquated art form, and sew far sew good.
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What is Danielle Clough famous for? ›
Danielle Clough – Embroiderer from South Africa.
What techniques does Danielle Clough use? ›Danielle Clough
She creates impactful and bright upscaled embroideries, using thick bold threads to create images of flowers, birds and portraits of people. Some of her most unique pieces are embroidered directly onto vintage badminton and tennis rackets.
Danielle Clough is active/lives in South Africa. Danielle Clough is known for Embroidery, found objects. In her home country of South Africa she is a hit, well known in the gallery scene, and sought after for collaborations with brands such as Gucci and Vans.
Where is Danielle Clough from? ›South African designer and fibre artist Danielle Clough uses thick, bright thread to create bold embroidery pieces.
What inspires Danielle Clough? ›She utilises a craft that is perceived as archaic but takes inspiration from current pop culture icons and the timeless beauty of nature.
How do you describe embroidery? ›Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.
What technique does Raquel J Alves use? ›Alves is an artist from London who combines cut out paper collages with embroidery to create mixed media pieces that are achingly stylish. She creates collages combining paper, wallpaper, canvas, paint and threads.
What techniques does Caroline Dunn use? ›I use mixed media techniques and machine embroidery to create work which reflects my interest in landscape and the birds which inhabit it and also the more stylised world of medieval art and craft.
Where does Marlina Vera live? ›Presently she resides in Florida with her husband and two children, where she dedicates full time to her passion of creating art. Her art has been sold to private clients in the United States as well as in South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
What was Brian Clough famous for? ›Brian Howard Clough OBE (/klʌf/ KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest.
Why is Brian Clough so famous? ›
Brian Clough's tenure as manager of Nottingham Forest is widely regarded as one of the most successful periods in the club's history, where he won the league title in 1978 and two consecutive European Cups in 1979 and 1980.
Why was Brian Clough successful? ›Clough's coaching style was marked by his unfriendly, intractable, and arrogant character, yet he brought innovation to a traditionally rooted league. His managerial brilliance led both Derby County and Nottingham Forest, historically distant from success, to remarkable triumphs.
Did Brian Clough have a brother? ›