Nature's Tapestry - The Botanical Embroidery of Olga Prinku
Olga Prinku is an embroidery and botanical artist who uses nature as her thread. In this exhibition Olga honours the wonder of nature through four series that showcase her unique style: "Flora and Fauna", "Graft", "About Time" and "Hidcote".
Image courtesy of Olga Prinku. Image above: Botanical Embroidery by artist Olga Prinku. © Olga Prinku.
Olga combines dried flowers, twigs, foliage, grasses, seed-heads and berries with tulle fabric to create floral tapestries which seem to float in their frames. Olga invented flowers-on-tulle embroidery in 2016 and her techniques are all self-taught.
Want to read more of this article?
We are proud to be a subscriber-funded publication with members in 185 countries. We know our readership is passionate about textiles, so we invite you to help us preserve and promote the stories, memories, and histories that fabric holds. Your support allows us to publish our magazine, and also ‘what's on’ information, and subscription interviews, reviews, and long-read articles in our online blog.
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? CLICK HERE TO ACCESS CONTENT
