Stories Drawn in Thread

How can we draw pictures with thread and fabric?
Stories Drawn in Thread is an exhibition of stories made with warm and comfortable thread and fabric. For this exhibition, we have invited artists from Japan in Asia, the Czech Republic in Europe, and Brazil in South America. The artists are also from different eras and generations.

Embroidery That Connects People Just as a thread connects itself to another thread, embroidery works connect people in different times and spaces. For example, Takei Takeo’s painting from 1928 was turned into a new embroidery by Otsuka Ayako after eighty-eight years. Pavel Brazda and his mother Eva Brazdova comforted each other as Eva created embroidery out of Pavel’s sketches and drawings.

Embroidery, Completed as Picture Books The artists Roger Mello and Eva Volfova completed their picture books, using embroidery techniques. Roger Mello’s picture book shows an experimental quilting method, weaving lines and letters as if they are embroidered. Eva Volfova creates pictures by combining collages and embroidery made of diverse materials ― fabric, lace, and thread, etc. She writes letters with thread to tell different stories.