Christine Cunningham Blogs

Book Review. 'Beneath the Folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'Seasons of Life Quilt – Techniques & Patterns for 13 Baltimore Album Quilt Blocks'. Take on your next quilting feat with a champion quilt! From expert quilter Sandra L. Mollon... 

BOOK REVIEW. 'Beneath the Folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'Playful Free-Form Embroidery – Stitch Stories with Texture, Pattern and Color'. Create bold and colourful narrative embroideries from the best-selling author of Joyful Stitching. ... 

BOOK REVIEW - 'Beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'Hand Embroidery: Timeless techniques for beginners and beyond' - an expert guide to popular surface-stitching techniques, suitable for stitchers of all abilities! Drawing on work p... 

Book Review by beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham - The Sewing Room Sampler Quilt combines two of Yoko Saito's favourites: blocks featuring traditional quilting motifs, such as stars and houses, plus one-of-a-kind sewing-themed applique desi... 

BOOK REVIEW: 'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'Cross Stitch Wildflowers and Grasses' by Japanese textile artist Hisako Nishisu.  

Today I am interviewing contemporary textile artist Valeria Faundez who’s embroidery canvases are microwave food trays, domestic plastic bottles and kitchen utensils. Her still life exhibitions elevate everyday objects from mass consumerism to a sc... 

BOOK REVIEW by beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham. The Textile Artist: Expressive Stitches by Jan Dowson delves into the creative process of collecting and storing natural items, exploring pattern, texture, media and mark-making to cultivat... 

beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham interviews textile artist Elodie Antoine and explores her fabulous 3D sculptures - fish hook eyes, the Princesses, anatomical studies, zip thorax and fungus furniture to name a few. Visit mrxstitch magazine... 

Today I am interviewing Kasie Campbell and her exploration into the grotesque feminine forms she creates and inhabits in her performance art, challenging ‘acceptable’ female beauty. 

Book review by 'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham'. Learn how colour, thread, and motif come together to create the quilt of your dreams! This book offers a wealth of practical information with 36 designs to try. Imagery and practical infor... 

Book review for mrxstitch magazine. 250 free designs to embroider with an easy to follow guide and five simple stitches. Popular Japanese pop culture with diverse range of designs - pet portraits, flowers, junk food, treats... Use to decorate clothes... 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' gives a step by step guide on how to create a hanging sleeve for your textile creation. Visit mrxstitch magazine for article. 

beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham interviews Textile Artist Jessica Kinnersley about her FOUND OBJECTS - ”forgotten things … weathered by age … repurposed and reworked” to produce ”nostalgic, slow stitched textile creations…uni... 

beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham explores FRAMED STRUCTURE - how to wrap a textile around an internal framework - HANGING TEXTILES, STORAGE and POSTAGE. New article for mrxstitch magazine. 

Textile Artist CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM shows you HOW TO CREATE A TEXTILE EASTER EGG in 7 easy steps - themes and inspiration, tools, technique, colour, fabric, embellishment and display vessels. Easter article for mrxstitch magazine. 

New blog post for mrxstitch magazine: International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is... 

The Womanhood Collection embraces female sexuality and explores the female form with 'ABSTRACT VAGINA STUDIES' created from recycled materials including my own hair, coat pockets, feathers and metallic scouring pads. Traditional techniques are comb... 

KURVE magazine features 'CELEBRATING FEMALE SEXUALITY' with 'SEX KITTEN', a series of A3 panels exploring the derogatory names given to women because of their sexuality. Traditional patchwork and applique adorned in light reflective beads and sequins... 

beneaththefolds with Christine Cunningham explores how to create a festive textile window using traditional techniques of padded applique and patchwork, taking inspiration from old churches - architecture, stonework, the fragmented designs of stained... 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores THE ESSENCE OF WOMAN for mrxstitch magazine - sexuality, independence, fertility, family, love and overcoming adversity. Traditional and exploratory 3D techniques in a diverse colour palette crea... 

TEXTILE ARTIST CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM CELEBRATES DIWALI 2020 WITH ABSTRACT IMAGES OF INDIA - BUDDHA, TEMPLES, ELEPHANTS. TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES EMBELLISHED IN LIGHT REFLECTIVE BEADS, SEQUINS AND JEWELS. CREATED FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS. NEW BLOG POST FO... 

TEXTILE ARTIST CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM EXPLORES HOW TO CREATE AN ABSTRACT AUTUMN FOR KURVE MAGAZINE, EXPLORING COLOUR, TEXTURE, PATTERN AND FORM USING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS EMBELLISHED IN GLASS, PLASTIC, WOOD AND METALLICS. ORIG... 

Textile Artist CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM explores ABSTRACT AUTUMN for mrxstitch magazine - colour, texture, pattern, form and poetry: ''Skeletal frames take on the shape of old bones...'' Capturing the essence of the season. 

Textile Artist CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM explores 'LANGUAGE IN TEXTILE ART', creating a ''rich and vibrant tapestry'' within panels of patchwork and applique. Visit mrxstitch magazine for textiles from THE WOMANHOOD COLLECTION. 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'ABSTRACT BEACH' for mrxstitch magazine: building a colour palette, pattern, texture, light, form, embellishment, technique, recycling off-cuts, capturing the essence of experience through hand e... 

KURVE MAGAZINE features CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM - THE POWER OF LANGUAGE IN TEXTILE ART' with examples from The Womanhood Collection. Original poetry provides an emotional layering to textiles, capturing the essence of a subject, insight into personal ... 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores ''CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF SUMMERTIME'' - intensity of heat in colour and texture, dazzling light with reflective embellishments, setting the scene with hand embroidered poetry, creating a sense ... 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores ABSTRACT FLOWER DESIGN IN TEXTILE ART with examples of colour, shape, pattern, texture and embellishment from The Womanhood Collection. Visit mrxstitch magazine. 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' invites you to explore ABSTRACT FLOWER DESIGN IN TEXTILE ART - using recycled materials (Indian motifs, cat hair, disintegrating fabrics), techniques (flat applique, layered wool, padded and hollow struct... 

Explore nostalgic poetry in Textile Art with examples from The Womanhood Collection. You are invited to ''retreat back to much simpler times...a bygone age...old love letters still to be enjoyed...fine linen and silverware...childhood memories...enri... 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores Nostalgic Poetry - Hand Embroidery in Textile Art'. The viewer is invited to return to an age of ''wispy chins serving homemade bakes...bottom drawers, precious things...hand made, decorative lac... 

CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF SPRINGTIME WITH TEXTILE ARTIST CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM. VISIT https://www.kultur-vernetzung.com/kurve-2-2020/ AND SCROLL DOWN PAGE FOR ARTICLE. 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores 'capturing the essence of Springtime in Textile Art' for mrxstitch magazine. Learn how to build a colour palette of new shoots and Spring flowers using traditional applique and patchwork, layerin... 

Textile Artist Christine Cunningham examines using wool in textile art, structures and techniques, with examples from both The Womanhood and Natural Collections. Visit 'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' at mrxstitch magazine. 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' explores USING WOOL TO EMBELLISH TEXTILE ART with examples from both The Natural and Womanhood Collections.  

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' - beads and sequins. Exploring surface contouring, creating light and depth within a flat design, decorative and delicate detail...Examples from The Womanhood Collection. 

'beneath the folds with Christine Cunningham' blog explores surface contouring using beads and sequins - creating light and depth within a flat design, delicate and decorative detail, threading techniques... Examples from both The Natural and Womanh... 

KURVE magazine 1-2020 features ''MOTHER AND CHILD'' by textile artist CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM. 

KURVE MAGAZINE 1-2020 featuring ''MOTHER AND CHILD'' by Textile Artist CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM 

'beneath the folds' blog celebrates the festive season with religious icons by textile artist Christine Cunningham. Visit mrxstitch magazine. 

'CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF A SUBJECT IN BUTTONS' by Textile Artist Christine Cunningham. Blog post 'beneath the folds' for mrxstitch magazine, with examples from both The Natural and Womanhood Collections. 

'beneath the folds' blog for mrxstitch magazine explores 'CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF A SUBJECT IN BUTTONS' with examples from both The Womanhood Collection and The Natural Collection by Textile Artist Christine Cunningham. 

'BENEATH THE FOLDS' blog for mrxstitch magazine, by CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM. Exploring '3D Textiles - Hollow Structures and Surface Contouring' with examples from both The Natural Collection (Yellow, Green and Blue Sunflowers) and The Womanhood Coll... 

KURVE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 features ''REDUCING US TO SIMPLY A HEARTBEAT'' from The Womanhood Collection. Textile Art wall hanging celebrating a rich tapestry of a life lived, traditional values captured in original poetry hand embroidered in silk t... 

BENEATH THE FOLDS blog explores 3D Textiles - Padded Structure and Surface Contouring. Second in the series exploring structure in Textile Art. Visit mrxstitch magazine for examples from both Textile collections. 

Beneath the Folds explores 3D Textiles: Padded Structure and Surface Contouring. Second article in the series for mrxstitch magazine. Examples from both The Natural and Womanhood Collections.  

Explore my new blog post with MR X STITCH: BENEATH THE FOLDS. Unusual materials (cat and human hair, the disintegrating structure of fabric with a fragile sculptural quality), using plastic (bubblewrap, bags and sheets) and found objects (the under... 

NEW TEXTILE PANELS: ETSY TEACUPS. CELEBRATING CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA WITH SIMPLE APPLIQUE DESIGNS IN A QUILTED PATCHWORK SURROUND. RECYCLED FABRICS, VINTAGE FLORALS, BEAUTIFUL COLOUR PALETTES. ADORNED IN SILVER SEQUINS AND BRAID.  

NEW ETSY TEACUPS. TEXTILE PANELS CREATED FROM VINTAGE FLORALS. TRADITIONAL APPLIQUE DESIGNS IN A QUILTED PATCHWORK SURROUND. CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF A BYGONE AGE, OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, TAKING TEA WITH GRANDMAMMA, BEAUTIFUL CROCKERY AND A TABL... 

Mr x stitch magazine The Ailist, Issue Seventeen, features textiles from 'Woman' celebrating original poetry. Textiles include Cancer 1, Grace and Reducing us to a heartbeat. Her work ''is a colourful jungle of inspiration; you can really see ... 

KURVE MAGAZINE 2019, July issue features Seasonal Abstract ''I MISS THE LIVELY HEARING AIDS'' from The Natural Collection. Original poetry, hand embroidered in silk threads, captures the essence of family traditions in the North East of England, my c... 

KURVE MAGAZINE2019 features Textile wall hanging ''I MISS THE LIVELY HEARING AIDS'' in it's July issue. Abstract Seasonal Textile from The Natural Collection. Original poetry, hand embroidered in silk threads, capturing the essence of my childhood, o... 

CREATIVEPOOL selected ''SEX KITTEN'' for their home and people page July 2019. Series of A3 textiles created for International Women's Day. Exploring derogatory names given to women because of their sexuality. Beautiful fabrics embellished in light... 

Vote for ''Summer Swatches'' in the billboard competition. Abstract textile created from off-cuts of recycled fabrics, layered into individual swatches of colour, evoking the intense heat of our summers. Each swatch is hand embroidered onto the backg... 

Vote for 'Autumn 2' in the billboard competition. A large textile in a rich colour palette of browns, golds, silver and blue. Abstract creation capturing the essence of Autumn into Winter, embellished in light reflective beads (an abundance of berrie... 

VOTE FOR 'AUTUMN 1' IN THE BILLBOARD COMPETITION. CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON. TRADITIONAL APPLIQUE, PATCHWORK, LAYERING AND QUILTING EMBELLISHED IN WOOL (FRENCH KNITTED TUBULAR LENGTHS). LARGE POMPOM FRINGE EVOKES RUNNING THROUGH LEAVES AS A... 

CELEBRATING DIWALI WITH PRINTS OF BUDDHA. THE INNER LINING OF AN OLD CUSHION WAS USED FOR THE BACKGROUND WITH NATURAL EROSION AND FOLDS PRODUCING THE OLD TREE UNDER WHICH BUDDHA SITS IN CONTEMPLATION. SEQUINS AND DIAMANTE JEWELRY WERE USED IN THE CRE... 

VISIT MY BLOG POST FOR ADVICE ON CREATING YOUR OWN GALLERY OF COLLECTABLE PRINTS. A4 STANDARD PRINTS £40 AND LIMITED EDITION PRINTS SIGNED BY ARTIST £90. AVAILABLE IN A COLOUR PALETTE OF ORIGINAL, SEPIA, GOLD, MARBLE, LEAD AND INK. EXAMPLES GIVE... 

HELLO. I HAVE JUST JOINED THIS SITE AND WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM A TEXTILE ARTIST BASED IN LONDON. MY WEBSITE https://www.ccunningham-textileartist.com/ PROVIDES A FULL CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL TEXTILE WALL HANGINGS AND PRINTS CREATED FROM ...