It may be that I'm just out of the loop, here on the remote Northwest coast, but I only recently became aware of artist Anna Torma. Ms. Torma, a Canadian originally from Hungary, works in a visually dense and evocative style of embroidery and indeed, at first glance I mistook her work for that of Tilleke Schwartz. Although Torma has exhibited internationally and won numerous grants and awards, I don't think she has gained the recognition in the broader craft community that she deserves.
Torma has been been a practising artist since the 1970's, and uses printmaking, quilting, felting and drawing in her work as well as embroidery. I particularly like her use of layered vintage textile fragments as well as her dense Kantha-style stitching. The above photo of the piece "Draw Me a Monster" is from her beautiful website, which is well worth a visit.
Wow! Too bad her website doesn't let us see close-up details of her large pieces.
ReplyDeleteme too, just found her...isn't her work amazing????
ReplyDeleteim out of the loop down here too. thanks for the link. anazing embroidery.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this piece. Thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteElaine