Stories in Thread

“Every stitch is a pause, a breath, a memory woven into fabric.” – Tatyana Thrapp

In April 2024, alongside her playful work with miniature statues, Tatyana reached for a new medium: fabric. With a needle and thread in hand, she began to explore stitching as an art form, creating small embroidered patterns that carried the intimacy of storytelling.

Porcupine Stitch

Her first experiments included a mushroom and a porcupine — motifs that may seem modest, yet in their handmade lines carried a surprising sense of life. Each stitch was deliberate, a rhythm built slowly, patient in contrast to the immediacy of paint. Thread became her brush, fabric her canvas, and time itself her collaborator.

Mushroom Stitch

Where her paintings often speak in bold, sweeping gestures, stitching asked her to lean into subtlety. The textures she created were tactile, quiet, and full of presence. Embroidery opened a door to another kind of artistry, one that sits between tradition and personal reinvention, between craft and expression.

For Tatyana, the act of stitching became less about decoration and more about meditation. Each small figure — the mushroom rooted to the earth, the porcupine guarded yet endearing — revealed itself slowly, as if inviting her to listen as much as to create.

Closing Reflection:
The mushroom and porcupine may rest on fabric, yet they speak of patience, of time slowed down — of art that listens as much as it speaks.