Amanda Cobbett creates stunning embroidery art, made to look like mushrooms, moss, and wood. Aside from embroidery, her miniature sculptures are made of papier-mache and pyrography. The might as well be created using magic.
“I have always loved textiles,” Cobbett shared with Textile Artist. “I was encouraged to sew and make stuff on a machine from a very young age. I also made paper structures, and I have always explored everything with my hands.”
According to her, her mother and grandmothers, all gifted seamstresses, inspired her love of textiles. But her father, a draughtsman, and grandfather, a talented engineer, also played a part in her artistic shaping, with their to turn a sketch into an object.
Machining approximately 130,000 individual stitches a day, her creations are mesmerizing to look at. Take a look for yourself.
