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Visual Arts · Jamie Chalmers

NeedleXChange

by Jamie Chalmers

Jamie “Mr X Stitch” Chalmers talks with contemporary embroidery, cross stitch, textile art, and mixed media art creators about how they design their work, build sustainable creative businesses, and stay inspired with a needle and thread. NeedleXChange shares in‑depth conversations with fiber artists, stitchers, and makers so you can discover new techniques, creative journeys, and the modern needlework scene.

Latest episodes

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Margot Peer – Wonky in the Right Way Part 2 [NX151]

This is Part 2 of my conversation with mixed-media artist Margot Peer. We open with her breakout piece, "Cross Stitch of Me Crying in My Bathroom When I Was 16," scaled

Sep 21
52 min

Masey Kaplan - Loose Ends [NX150]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Masey Kaplan, founder of the Loose Ends project, a global community that matches volunteer textile finishers with projects l

Sep 14
54 min

Margot Peer – Wonky in the Right Way [NX149]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Margot Peer, a mixed-media artist and Rhode Island School of Design painting major whose hyperrealistic cross-stitches turn

Sep 7
37 min

Róisín Phelan - Making Light of Things Part 2 [NX148]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Róisín Phelan, a contemporary embroidery and textile artist who has built her practice around punch needle. Part 2 opens wit

Jul 6
43 min

Róisín Phelan - Making Light of Things [NX147]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Róisín Phelan, a contemporary embroidery and textile artist who has built her practice around punch needle. We start on comm

Jun 29
38 min

Sean Alistair - Nothing Ever Really Ends Part 3 [NX146]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Sean Alistair, a Germany-based contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for work that mixes beauty, chaos, ident

Jun 22
37 min

Sean Alistair - Nothing Ever Really Ends Part 2 [NX145]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Sean Alistair, a Germany-based contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for work that mixes beauty, chaos, ident

Jun 15
21 min

Sean Alistair - Nothing Ever Really Ends [NX144]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Sean Alistair, a Germany-based contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for work that mixes beauty, chaos, ident

Jun 8
45 min

Renan Estivan - Bodies at Rest Part 2 [NX143]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Renan Estivan, a São Paulo-based contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for queer tapestries that put the male

Jun 1
46 min

Renan Estivan - Bodies at Rest [NX142]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Renan Estivan, a São Paulo-based contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for queer tapestries that put the male

May 25
34 min

Shea Wilkinson - Mystery is the Method Part 2 [NX141]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Shea Wilkinson, a contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for switching mediums to protect their balance - and

May 18
34 min

Shea Wilkinson - Mystery is the Method [NX140]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Shea Wilkinson, a contemporary embroidery and textile art artist known for turning big questions into fibre work - from the

May 11
35 min

Charlotte Woods - Beauty in Ugliness Part 2 [NX139]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Charlotte Wood, a mixed media artist known for exploring the beauty in ugliness through character-led, emotionally resonant

May 4
1 h 02 min

Charlotte Woods - Beauty in Ugliness [NX138]

In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Charlotte Wood, a mixed media artist known for exploring the beauty in ugliness through character-led, emotionally resonant

Apr 27
29 min

Robert Ossant & Jessica Pile - The Art of Couture Embroidery Part 2 [NX137]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Jessica Pile and Robert Ossant. Jessica Pile and Robert Ossant are researchers and authors focused on couture embroidery, co

Apr 20
38 min

Robert Ossant & Jessica Pile - The Art of Couture Embroidery [NX136]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Jessica Pile and Robert Ossant. Jessica Pile and Robert Ossant are researchers and authors focused on couture embroidery, co

Apr 13
43 min

Helen Adams - Textile Curator Part 2 [NX135]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Helen Adams. Helen is the Textile Curator who has been shining a light on contemporary textile art on her terrific blog sinc

Apr 6
53 min

Helen Adams - Textile Curator [NX134]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Helen Adams. Helen is the Textile Curator who has been shining a light on contemporary textile art on her terrific blog sinc

Mar 30
32 min

Iskren Lozanov - Fashioning Future Folklore Part 2 [NX133]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Iskren Lozanov. Iskren Lozanov is an embroidery artist living in Ibiza, originally from Bulgaria. He came third in the 3d Te

Mar 23
26 min

Iskren Lozanov - Fashioning Future Folklore [NX132]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Iskren Lozanov. Iskren Lozanov is an embroidery artist living in Ibiza, originally from Bulgaria. He came third in the 3d Te

Mar 16
40 min

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