Sophie Standing

Sophie Standing is a wildlife artist who combines unique pieces through a collage of appliquéd fabrics and free motion embroidery. The details of the animals are created by sewing with different coloured threads only. She has been working in this medium for 17years.

For the applique, she mostly uses cotton fabrics from Liberty Tana Lawn and the Kaffe Fassett Collective (Philip Jacobs, Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably). Her sewing threads are 100% cotton and made by Aurifil of Italy.

Sophie produces work up to 1.5 meters long. A single piece of art can contain over 3000 meters of thread.

She regularly provides workshops both online and inperson, where she teaches her artwork technique. She has taught in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and America. And she is know adding Costa Rica to the list!