Andrea Cryer: Loose threads

Andrea Cryer is a Textile Fine Artist who draws with thread to create unique portraits and landscapes.

She has twice been a finalist in the prestigious Hand & Lock Embroidery Prize competitions and has exhibited with Art of the Stitch Biennial International Open Touring exhibition organised by The Embroiderers Guild, alongside artists such as Shizuko Kimura, Alice Kettle, Tilleke Schwarz and Sue Stone.

In this interview, Andrea reveals how she creates art that, from a distance, can look like pen and ink. We discover what techniques and materials she uses to make these arresting images and why singing whilst working at her trusty Bernina helps get the job done!

Andrea Cryer, Martin Luther King, 2016