In my day job I work with several music companies and one of their creative directors recently sent around the link to the website of Peter Crawley. Peter creates what he calls Stitched Illustrations and they often take on the form of musical visualizations.
One of my favorite parts of his work is that you don’t necessarily need to be a music fan to appreciate them. They are works of art, they are textile and weaving creations and more!
I love these. The colors he chooses are so vibrant and the stitching is so so exact. He apparently punctures the stock with a needle and then sews the thread through and ties it off. His puncture holes though are so small…I wonder if there’s another tool!
Look at those holes? They’re so exact and perfect. I also wonder if he freehands these works or if he uses a ruler. For some works below I imagine a ruler came into play!
The above is what a back side of one of his pieces looks like I think though I really can’t tell where the threads go in at those places where they just look like dots. It doesn’t make sense really how it all works unless those aren’t dots and instead they are just tiny tiny knots. I don’t know!
So beautiful and simple, streamlined.
The above is his visualization of the Fibonacci sequence in stitches. I like in these works that the color thread evolves throughout the piece, it isn’t just white or something else. Peter is able to create architectural detail and depth with color changes.
Beautiful color by an amazingly creative person. Based in the UK, Peter is an inspiration to people who are into detailed, repetitive work such as myself.
Tags: 2D, British artist, fibonacci sequence, musical visualizations, repetitive art, sewing, textile, thread