This Artist Creates Intricate Designs Inspired By Nature With Colorful Threads (15 Pics)

Nahar Shamsun, aka Sew Beautiful , is a UK-based embroidery artist who creates vibrant landscapes inspired by nature. She started embroidering at a young age as she would watch her mum create embroidered flowers on tea towels and bedding. Fascinated by the art form, the artist started the same too. “As I got older [I] would create full quilts with huge floral designs, they would take me quite a while but I’d always love seeing the end result,” Sew Beautiful tells DeMilked. “Over the last 8/10 years I have moved my medium more onto embroidery hoops and creating landscapes.”

Talking about her inspirations, the artist says, “I would say that a bit inspiration is nature, there is such beautiful natural sceneries around us everywhere which we often take for granted. I love how with needlework simple threads can create such beautiful textures and depths. It’s amazing to see how a pencil outline on a cotton canvas can turn into something so 3D and pop out to you.”

Her artworks are truly mesmerizing and unique – the colorful threads give an appearance of a painting and are a delight to the eyes. Check out some of her most breathtaking works in the gallery below.

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Sew Beautiful further elaborates and talks about her creative process, “I always have an idea of what piece I am going to create next as I am completing my current piece. Most of my pieces start out with a vague mental image for example “I want to create a landscape that has lots mountains and rivers.” Some pieces I also take inspiration from current pieces and build on them.

I will then begin to make sketches of the landscape on paper where I will add and take away various features. I spend a lot of my time thinking about colour combinations and stitching types e.g. French knots, satin stitch If I want a more intricate piece I will use fine threads. Most of the time I will get all my threads out in front of me to help visualise.

Once I am all set, I will then sketch onto fabric and begin stitching, the process is quite fluid I do change it around and some pieces come very organically.”

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