creative unearthing podcast with emma freeman

In this episode, I share how I discovered slow stitching, how I create my fabric meditation books full of stitches out of repurposed fabrics and textiles including dish towels, sweaters, shirts, shower curtains, napkins and curtains. In addition to stitching, I add textile and fiber collage to the book pages. I find inspiration in Japanese Boro textiles and Indian Kantha blankets, the hidden layers within stitches and textiles that I wonder about and how healing and meditative stitching is for me.  I hand stitch with cotton sewing threads, Japanese sashiko threads, and Japanese Kogin embroidery threads. 

You can see examples of the fabric meditation books I make here: https://www.emmafreemandesigns.com/fabric-meditation-books. 

You can also see them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/emmafreemandesigns.

Emma Freeman is a queer mixed media artist who works with textiles, fibers, collage, printmaking, book making, drawing, and cyanotype. Her art process is experimental, playful, meditative, and contemplative. She makes abstract art full of texture, color, pattern and movement. You can see her art at www.emmafreemandesigns.com. She is based in Wisconsin in the United States.