Textile & mixed media artist

Katherine Olley
Shed Sewn

Thread painting portraits of the creatures found along hedgerow and shoreline — built up in free-motion embroidery on painted canvas.

Migratory Birds Collection

02 pieces

Embroidered thread portrait of two geese flying in formation over a stitched shipping-forecast map and compass motif on a blue ground — Greylag Geese and the Shipping Forecast Migratory Birds Collection · Thread painting & embroidery on canvas

Embroidered thread portrait of a swan in flight over a stitched compass motif on a weathered pale ground — Swan Leaving Swedish Birch Forest Migratory Birds Collection · Thread painting & embroidery on canvas

Recent work

03 pieces

Embroidered thread portrait of a hare running, stitched on a sage-green painted canvas ground — Hare Thread painting & embroidery on canvas

Embroidered thread portrait of a Canada goose in flight, stitched on a pale blue painted canvas sky — Canada Goose Thread painting & embroidery on canvas

Embroidered thread portrait of a fox sitting alert, stitched on a pale mottled canvas ground — Fox Thread painting & embroidery on canvas

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