Embroidery was one of my first loves, and like a first love, I often find it a bit tedious these days.

I initially started by recreating images in thread. While this is fun in it’s own way, I never felt like embroidering was adding anything to the piece – it was just a slightly wobblier line drawing.
When I started using french knots as a stippling technique, the works began to feel like their own thing, something that couldn’t quite be recreated on pen and paper.