Meet Alaina Varrone – the artist who’s making embroidery epic.
We might associate embroidery with folk artists and elderly ladies, but self-taught Alaina Varrone turns an old fashioned medium into provocative images that millennials relate to.
More grunge than grandma, Varrone says she was ‘born in 1982 to a family of weirdos and storytellers’ – and this creative upbringing is reflected in her work where she mixes history with obscure, cult and pop culture references.
With a touch of humour she uses thread to weave stories about her own life, exploring themes like sex, death… Read the full story