Author: Courtney Cox

Hello! It’s been a while since my last blog post. Quite a lot has happened, both good and bad. For this space, the most significant things are: We successfully moved to beautiful Chattanooga, Tennessee! I got a job hand knitting garments professionally for luxury and couture high end fashion houses!I learned how to weave! It…

I’ve been a little MIA around here recently, but for good reason: we are moving! My husband and I are getting ready to move 900 miles away in the next couple of weeks so things have been hectic. My studio practice has changed with our circumstances, so I’ve been knitting but haven’t had much stitching…

I was feeling sad about the invasion in Ukraine so I decided to make art about it. When there’s not much else you can do, making social commentary art helps me to process emotions while creating a statement – in this case, offering support to Ukraine. “Pest Control” is my latest hand embroidery finish. The…

In January, I completed my first piece for the year. It’s called “Hope.” “Hope” depicts a hand embroidered sphinx moth sitting near a genuine chrysalis. The moth was embroidered using cotton threads, with the word “HOPE” stitched across its wings in metallic threads. After the moth was stitched, the piece was stretched across a frame…

Hello! Remember me? I accidentally took some time off. First I was sick and then there were holidays and then I blinked and now we’re halfway through March. Last year, I shared about how I had taken a step back from my art to reassess what was going on. It felt like my art had…

We are home, the laundry is caught up, I seem to have finally shaken off that last bit of jet lag, and I remembered I write blogs. Italy was, in short, amazing. The Society for Embroidered Work exhibition was nothing short of incredible. The pieces were vastly different in style, construction, technique, and size. I…

It’s been a bit crazy over the last few weeks because: …and so am I! I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to travel to Italy to hand-deliver my piece, “Pandemic Portrait,” for the upcoming show. My work will be part of the Surface and Depth show curated by the Society for Embroidered Work. The exhibition opens…

A studio update in four parts: 1 Most Exciting, 2 Most Mundane, 3 Most(ly) accomplished, 4 Most Confusing 1 Most Exciting The most exciting thing this week is that preparations are in full swing for the Surface and Depth show in Rome, Italy! You may recall that my work has been juried into a show…

Well, after what felt like months of not really making substantial progress on anything, I’ve suddenly finished several projects at once! Yesterday I finished the hand embroidery I’ve been working on. It’s not a portrait, was stitched on water soluble fabric, and still needs some assembly. I’ll start sharing progress photos on my Instagram account…