For more arty & embroidered pleasure see the textile- and embroidery artists below.

Dutch artists

Sanne Bax, www.sannebax.com, textile artist

Marielle van den Bergh, www.mariellevandenbergh.eu

Marjolein Burbank, www.marjoleinburbank.weebly.com textile artist

Anita Botman, embroidered textile books

Barbara Broekman, www.barbarabroekman.nl, art based on textile patterns and techniques

Malou Busser, www.maloubusser.nl

Marian Bijlenga, www.marianbijlenga.tumblr.com, drawing in space by using textiles

Tom van Deijnen, www.tomofholland.com

Alexendra Drenth, www.alexendradrenthe.nl, modern embroidery back to the future

Willemijn de Greef, http://willemijndegreef.nl, textile jewellery

Flox den Hartog Jager, http://www.floxdenhartogjager.nl, textile artist

Tessa van Helden, www.tessavanhelden.com, hand embroidered portraits

Ton of Holland, www.tonofholland.nl, embroidered paintings

Hella van t Hof, www.hellavanthof.kunstinzicht.nl embroidered portrait photographs

Martine van ‘t Hul, www.martinevanthul.com, designer of embroidery art

Joke Lunsing, www.jokelunsing.com

Cherilyn Martin, www.cherilynmartin.com

Lavina Ngoesmin, www.outsiderartmuseum.nl

Nijenhuis, www.paulinenijenhuis.com, embroidered paintings

Karola Pezzaro, www.karolapezzaro.nl, embroidery artist

Rafael Rozendaal, https://www.artsy.net/artist/rafael-rozendaal, woven screenshots of webpages

Rob Scholte, www.robscholtemuseum.nl, Embroidery Show

Tilleke Schwartz, www.tillekeschwarz.com

Hinke Shreuders, stitched pieces on paper and photographs, www.sudsandsoda.com

Hagar Vardimon, www.hagarvardimon.com, embroidered photo’s

Irene Vinkenburg, http://www.irenevinkenburg.nl, textile artist, textile installations

Artists rest world

Soraya Abidin (Australia)

Jenny Adin-Christie, freelance embroidery specialist (UK), www.jennyadin-christieembroidery.com

Faigh Ahmed, www.faighahmed.com, contemporary tapestries (Azerbaijan / USA)

Jocelyn Allen, www.jocelynallen.co.uk , photo portraits made with yarn (UK)

Zuzana Alikova, www.zuzanalalikova.com (UK), embroidery super-sized

Maria Aparicio Puentes, www.mariaaparicipuentes.com, embroidered photographs (Brasil)

Karen Barbe, www.karenbarbe.com, colour confident stitching (UK)

Caroline Bartlett, embroidered objects, www.carolinebartlett.co.uk (UK)

Paula Bartnik, www.paulabartnikdesigns.com (Poland)

Vanessa Barragao (Portugal), www.vanessabarragao.com, artisanal techniques and wasted yarns from the industry to produce textiles inspired by coral reefs

Gillian Bates, embroidered sketches of quirkiness of British life, esp. seaside towns, www.gillian-bates.com (UK)

Jan Beany, www.double-trouble-ent.com

Ellen Bell, www.ellenbell.co.uk, performance art & embroidery (UK)

Sarah K. Benning, www.sarahkbenning, contemporary embroidery (USA)

Ian Berry, www.ianberry.org (UK), embroidered artworks in denim

Janet Bolton, www.janetbolton.com

Leigh Bowser, machine-stitched portraits, www.leighlalovesyou.tumblr.com (UK)

Caroline Broadhead, www.carolinebroadhead.com, fine and applied arts (UK)

Hazel Bruce, www.62group.org.uk, textile artist and educator (UK)

Nigel Cheney, www.nigelcheney.com, www.nigelcheney.blogspot.com(Ireland)

Julie Chase, www.openstudiocatskil.com-julie-chase, embroidered vintage photographs

Julie Cockburn, www.juliecockburn.com, embroidered photographs

Rachel Coleman, mixed-media stitched drawings www.rachelcolemandesigns.co.uk (UK)

Kathryn Coulter, large scale embroidery textiles, www.kc3288.wixsite.com/kathryncoulter

www.craftscouncil.org.uk, agency for development for contemporary crafts

Peter Crawley, www.petercrawley.org.uk, Stitched illustrations & design (UK)

Andrea Creyer, draws with thread to create unique portraits and  landscapes, https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/1041082

Cathy Cullis, figurative stitched drawings and mixed-media art, www.cathycullis.blogspot.co.uk (UK)

Naseem Darby, works on water-soluble fabric, www.naseemdarby.com (UK)

Jean Draper, www.textilestudygroup.co.uk (UK), three dimensional structures combining nature with yarn

Stewart Francis Easton, illustrator & embroiderer, www.stewardeaston.net, Zen and the art of embroidery

Hilary Ellis, www.hilaryellis.co.uk repetition, replication in embroidery

www.embroiderersguild.com (UK)

Erin Endicott (USA), soft sculpture by stitching and drawing onto found objects, www.textileartist.org/erin-endicott-interview-contemporary-embroidery

Adrian Esparza (Mexico), geomatrical patterns of yarn, www.taubertcontemporary.com/artiss/adrian-esparza

Per Fhager, embroidery games, www.steneprojects.se/Per-Fhager

Kristine Fornes, embroiderer – illustrator (Norway)

James Fox, http://www.jamesfoxtextileartist.co.uk

Tina Francis, www.tinafrancis.co.uk, Bargello embroidery art

Coco Fronsac, www.cocofronsac.com, embroidered photographic portraits

Caren Garfen, www.carengarfen.com, embroidered artworks about gender politics and women’s’ issues

Emily Jo Gibbs, www.emilyjogibbs.co.uk, uses traditional techniques in a modern way

James Gladwell, http://www.pallant.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2017/james-gladwell–the-dreams, Imaginative needlework (UK)

Lucas Grogan, www.lucasgrogan.com (Australia), graphic, monochromatic embroidered artworks

Paddy Hartley, www.paddyhartley.com, textile art based on theme in the past

Joanne Haywood, www.joannehaywood.co.uk, emboidered and crocheted jewellery (UK)

Karen Henderson, www.karenhendersonfiber.com, embroidered contemporary landscapes (UK)

Tom Hickman, www.tomhickman.org.uk, high relief stumpwork embroidery

Sheila Hicks, www.sheilahicks.com (USA), textile artist

Alison Holt, www.alisonholt.com (UK)

Nigel Hurlstone (UK), machine embroidery portraits, www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/nhurlstone

Rosie James, http:// www.rosiejamestextileartist.wordpress.com

Celia Jayi, www.celiajayi.com, creator of hand beaded three dimensional wall art

Kalsi, www.swatikalsi.com, textile designer (India)

Anne Kelly, www.annekellytextiles.com, embroidered collages (UK)

Sorrell Kerrison, www.sorrellkerrison.com, textile multimedia artist working in embroidery, print & other tactile formats, e.g. embroidered portraits (UK)

Alice Kettle, www.alicekettle.co.uk, huge artwork with treads (UK)

Alison King, painting with stitch of Scottisch landscape, (UK)

www.textilestudygroup.co.uk/members/alison-king

Daniel Kornrumpf, www.danielkornrumpf.com , Contemporary portraits (USA)

Debbie Lyddon, www.debbielyddon.co.uk, mixed media cloths, sculpture, installation and drawing exploring landscape and place (UK)

Maricor / Maricar, embroidery design studio, www.maricormaricar.com (AU)

Mafalda Z Mendes, www.mafaldamendes.wordpress.com

Shannon Mccuster, deconstructed garment (Ireland)

Annette Messager, visual artist (France), www.artsy.net/artist/annette-messager

Rosemary Milner, stitched drawings of animals on vintage fabrics, www.rosemary-milner.co.uk

Anne Morrell, www.annemorrell.com , writer author and professor in textiles

May Morris, 1862-1938, embroidery designer, http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk

Janet Morton, www.paulpetro.com/artists/50-Janet-Morton, knitted and embroidered works (Canada)

Kerry Napier, textile samples for high end fashion, www.instagram.com/kerrystextileblog

Nadia Nizamudin, artist in combinations of paintings and embroidery (Malasia)

Fleur Oakes, lacemaking and raised embroidery, www.fleuroakes.com

Jose Omussi, www.joseomussie.com, combines black and white photographs with colorful embroidery (Germany)

Stacy Page, www.staceypage.co.uk, photo portraits with yarn (UK)

Liz Payne, www.lizpayne.com, joyousely embroidered artwork

Mandy Pattullo, www.mandypattullo.co.uk , collage style made pieces, patchwork, applique and hand stritching

Joyce Petschek, www.bargelloarts.com, art based on Bargello stitch (UK, Italy)

Harriet Popham, www.harrietpopham.com, illustrative textile designs (UK)

­­­Paula do Prado, www.pauladoprado.net contemporary artist predominantly working with textiles (Australia)

Prism, www.prismtextiles.co.uk, international exhibiting group in textiles and fine art (UK, London)

Archana Puthak, http://www.archanaputhak.com, textile artist

Jacky Puzy, ww.jackypuzy.com, digital embroidery for interiors and fashion

Harriet Riddle, www.uharts.com, pedal powered embroidery (UK)

Ruth Singer, www.ruthsinger.com, stitching as an act of remembrance and solace (UK)

Nettie Rowsell, www.nettierowsell.com, stitched portraits (UK)

Nike Schroeder, fine-art stitched figurative drawings with loose threads, www.nikeschroder.com

Carol Shinn, www.carolshinn.com, photo-based machine-stitched images (USA)

Sumakshi Singh, www.sumakshi.com (India) embroidered installations and multi media

Shona Skinner, www.shonaskinner.com (Shetland), free machine embroidery

Julia Sorrell, www.juliasorrell.com , embroidered objects,(UK)

Ditte Sorensen, www.madstitch.com (Denmark), textile artist, machine embroidery

Sue Stone, http://womanwithafish.com, (UK), stitched portraits

Sophie Strong, dynamic stitched images taken form newspapers, www.sophiestrong.co.uk (UK)

Maxine Sutton, www.maxinesutton.com, Handmade objects for the household

Jane Theau, www.janethaugh.com, contemporary human figures

Emily Tull, hand embroidered portraits, www.emilytull.co.uk

Lisa Vaughant (UK), www.lisavaughanthomas.co.uk, bespoke embroidery for interiors

Avinash Veeraraghavan, www.www.galaryske.com, collage like embroideries

Richard Mc Vetis, www.richardmcvetis.co.uk, embroidered objects (UK)

Gil de Vloo, www.gildevloo.com, textile artist, also workshops

Audrey Walker (UK), http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/audrey-walker-2/

Kate Well, www.katewellsartist.co.uk, fine work of the natural world inspired by poetry

Rhiannon Williams, www.orielmyrddinggallery.co.uk, figurative textiles

Rosalind Wyatt, www.rosalindwyayt.com, stitched handwriting

Takashi Wasabi, www.takashiiwasaki.info

Maria Wigley, stitched texts, www.mariawigley.co.uk (UK)

Amanda Wright, embroidered portraits, www.amandawrightextiles.co.uk, passion for surface of textiles

Jessica Wohl, www.jessicawohl.com, sewn drawings (USA)

Meredith Woolnough, visual artist, openwork compositions of knotted embroidery threads,  www.meredithwoolnough.com.au

Jiseon Yoon, www.craicam.com/about-joon-ji-seon (Korea), contemporary

Melissa Zexter, www.melissazexter.com, embroidered photographs (USA)