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Episodes

March 23, 2025

CARO - Weaving Metal and Meaning Part 2 [NX082]

CARO is a multidisciplinary artist who intertwines metalwork and embroidery to explore themes of time, devotion, and material storytelling.

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March 16, 2025

CARO - Weaving Metal and Meaning [NX081]

CARO is a multidisciplinary artist who intertwines metalwork and embroidery to explore themes of time, devotion, and material storytelling.

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March 9, 2025

Vanessa Marr - Domestic Dusters Part 2 [NX080]

Vanessa Marr is an artist and lecturer whose work explores the invisible labour of women through textiles.

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March 3, 2025

Vanessa Marr - Domestic Dusters [NX079]

Vanessa Marr is an artist and lecturer whose work explores the invisible labour of women through textiles.

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Feb. 24, 2025

Rosie James - Worth The Wait Part 2 [NX078]

Rosie James is an artist who captures moments in machine stitch.

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Feb. 17, 2025

Rosie James - Worth The Wait [NX077]

Rosie James is an artist who captures moments in machine stitch.

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Feb. 10, 2025

Alison Carpenter-Hughes - Free-Motion, Free Spirit Part 2 [NX076]

Alison Carpenter-Hughes is a machine embroidery artist stitching emotion, texture, and storytelling into every piece.

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Feb. 3, 2025

Alison Carpenter-Hughes - Free-Motion, Free Spirit [NX075]

Alison Carpenter-Hughes is a machine embroidery artist stitching emotion, texture, and storytelling into every piece.

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Jan. 27, 2025

Harriett Riddell - Portrait Machine Part 2 [NX074]

Harriet Riddell is a UK-based machine embroidery artist who has taken her work all over the world.

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Jan. 20, 2025

Harriett Riddell - Portrait Machine [NX073]

Harriet Riddell is a UK-based machine embroidery artist who has taken her work all over the world.

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Jan. 13, 2025

Betsy Greer - Godmother of Craftivism Part 2 [NX072]

Betsy Greer is a writer, speaker and advocate for the benefits of craft as a tool for change.

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Jan. 6, 2025

Betsy Greer - Godmother of Craftivism [NX071]

Betsy Greer is a writer, speaker and advocate for the benefits of craft as a tool for change.

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Dec. 16, 2024

Andrew Crummy - Tapestry Titan Part 2 [NX070]

Andrew Crummy is the designer of the Great Tapestry of Scotland

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Dec. 9, 2024

Andrew Crummy - Tapestry Titan [NX069]

Andrew Crummy is the designer of the Great Tapestry of Scotland

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Nov. 25, 2024

Salley Mavor - Telling Wee Folk Tales [NX067]

Salley Mavor is a mixed media artist whose folk-art inspired vignettes tell stories of light and dark.

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Nov. 25, 2024

Salley Mavor - Telling Wee Folk Tales Part 2 [NX068]

Salley Mavor is a mixed media artist whose folk-art inspired vignettes tell stories of light and dark.

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Nov. 18, 2024

Melissa Zexter - Photographic Memories Part 2 [NX066]

Melissa Zexter is a Brooklyn-based artist whose embroidered photographs explore memory and meaning.

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Nov. 11, 2024

Melissa Zexter - Photographic Memories [NX065]

Melissa Zexter is a Brooklyn-based artist whose embroidered photographs explore memory and meaning.

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Nov. 4, 2024

Peter Frederiksen - Tension In His Stitches Part 2 [NX064]

Peter Frederiksen is a Chicago-based artist whose machine embroidered cartoon vignettes are filled with tension and dark humour.

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Oct. 28, 2024

Peter Frederiksen - Tension In His Stitches [NX063]

Peter Frederiksen is a Chicago-based artist whose machine embroidered cartoon vignettes are filled with tension and dark humour.

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Oct. 21, 2024

Michelle Kingdom - The Handmade Tales Part 2 [NX062]

Michelle Kingdom is a Californian embroidery artist whose wistful work delivers dark delight.

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Oct. 14, 2024

Michelle Kingdom - The Handmade Tales [NX061]

Michelle Kingdom is a Californian embroidery artist whose wistful work delivers dark delight.

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Oct. 7, 2024

Pete Tarrant - Digitising Demigod Part 2 [NX060]

Pete Tarrant is a digitised embroidery specialist, teacher and advocator.

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Sept. 30, 2024

Pete Tarrant - Digitising Demigod [NX059]

Pete Tarrant is a digitised embroidery specialist, teacher and advocator.

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