Stitchery Stories

Amanda Cobbett: Realistic Embroidered Fungi and Lichen


Listen Later

Textile Artist Amanda Cobbett shares her life in fabric and threads. Amanda creates realistic 3-dimensional, papier-mâché and machine-embroidered sculptures of fungi and lichen and other hidden treasures of the woodland floor.

From her studio in the Surrey Hills, Amanda is surrounded by inspiration for her work. Her pieces are so realistic that viewers of her art assume that they are real! A nice problem to have and the subject of endless questions at Amanda's successful exhibition at 2019 RHS Chelsea Flower show.

Susan Weeks chats with Amanda about:

  • The exhilaration of a successful exhibition at RHS CHelsea Flower Show
  • The challenge of people understanding what they are seeing
  • Can things be so lifelike the viewers don't know it's art?
  • Doing your own thing and pushing the boundaries, even at school
  • The joy when someone wants to buy your work
  • If everything is an experiment then it can't be a disaster!
  • Setting boundaries with our clients
  • Making difficult but wise business decisions
  • The creative freedom leveraged by having an admin assistant
  • Running a realistic business and not a hobby

And so much more!

Episode Show Notes, Links & Examples of Amanda's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/amandacobbett

Visit: https://www.amandacobbett.com/

Look: https://www.instagram.com/amandacobbett

Like: https://www.facebook.com/amandacobbett

Other links & people mentioned:

Byard Art, Cambridge : https://byardart.co.uk/

Somerset House :https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Stitchery StoriesBy Susan Weeks

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

64 ratings


More shows like Stitchery Stories

View all
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures by Kelly and Marsha

Two Ewes Fiber Adventures

200 Listeners

Older and Wider Podcast by Avalon

Older and Wider Podcast

166 Listeners

Sew-organised-style by Maria Theoharous

Sew-organised-style

60 Listeners

Learn to Paint Podcast by Learn to Paint Podcast

Learn to Paint Podcast

305 Listeners

The Quilter on Fire Podcast by Brandy

The Quilter on Fire Podcast

210 Listeners

The Embroidery Podcast by Becky, Marg and Masako

The Embroidery Podcast

6 Listeners

Sew & So... by Flint Rock LLC, BERNINA

Sew & So...

49 Listeners

The Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts. by Janet Szabo, Sewing and Quilting Expert

The Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts.

64 Listeners

Embroidery by Inception Point Ai

Embroidery

2 Listeners

Friday Feature Artist by Take Two

Friday Feature Artist

4 Listeners