A stitch is an ordinary device, but when it's used for decorative purposes, there's magic in it. That premise underpins a new exhibition at the Folk Art Center that includes more than 60 needlework ...

Vera B. Underhill creates a different kind of masterpiece on canvas , Vera Bisbee Underhill appeared as delicate and refined as the Bunka Japanese embroidery she took up 30 years ago as her vocation.

Typically, tapestries, weavings, needlepoint and similar textile works are made for utilitarian purposes — pillows, coasters, antimacassars and the like. But back in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, a San ...

From a few feet away, Janet Shea's art looks like oil on canvas. She saturates her landscapes with lush detail, but the pictures seem like those of any other still-life painter. Step closer, and the ...