… and the winner is… Ngaio Blackwood! Thanks so much to everyone who entered, and of course thanks to Jane for being so generous!
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Ooooh, brand new EMBROIDERY work by New Zealand based artist Jane Denton. Yep, I had to put that in caps so you’d realize this is in fact EMBROIDERY, not graphic prints. I’ve written about her before {and she was on the podcast}, and her colors were much brighter back then. These dreamy, quiet, barely there beauties are my new faves! Now, are you thinking to yourself, “wait, isn’t the first photo in this post the same as the last photo?” Why, yes, yes it is. That’s because Jane would like to give that piece to one of you! Oh Kiwis, they’re so sweet. Just leave a comment below and I’ll select one winner on Monday October 23rd. Good luck, and happy weekend!
Seriously! So good! I tried, once, on a very small scale to do some stitching like this, and it is much harder than it looks. It’s mesmerizing how graphic and smooth her stitches are. Stunningly beautiful!
These are lovely! I’m loving the wool ones on her website too – gorgeous!
Had not idea this was stitching! So lovely, light and minimal. I love the restraint in how simple the designs look at first, but very complex on closer observation.
Stitching? I immediately assumed they were prints. They feel very simple and mindful, a calm spot to rest during the day!
Beautiful work – I want to win it just so that I can see it in person and up close!
Oh, these are stunning! I love the idea of minimalist embroidery. Architectural AND feminine. Thank you for sharing!
So lovely!
I thought these were very carefully painted watercolors at first! Very pretty and soothing.
These are so beautiful and perfect! I am starting to practice some embroidery but I still have many days and hours to get to this!
Embroidery can be so beautiful. These have a lovely serene yet graphic vibe. I imagine that something that seems so simple is likely very difficult to create.
Love the simplicity. And embroidered!!! love them even more!
Sweet! Time well spent!
love love love these! So calming!
What lovely work!
I get excited about art with embroidery lately and have been experimenting with it in my own works at times. These pieces are minimal and lovely.
So lovely
Beautiful work AND beautifully presented/framed! I love it!
Seriously – ahhhhhmaaaaaaaaazing!
So stunning! There are times that art should be all bells and whistles and times that it’s should be quiet and contemplative, this is a wonderful example of the latter.
Seriously?!! Ahhhhhmaaaaazing!!!
I would love to have it, it is so beautiful and minimal, I could stare at it all day. A friend of mine is a Kiwi and she is also very good in embroidery, must be in genes. xx
Jane’s work is always beautiful. I love the colors in this one.
Stunning — I love embroidery work and I’ve never seen anything like this!
Wow. I love fiber art. I need to start practicing more.
Geometry is lyfe!
I love, love, love this modernist work with thread. Gorgeous.
Just lovely. Hard to believe this is embroidery. I must see it close up! Love it.
What lovely embroidery pieces! My father is a graphic designer and my childhood lessons from him of less is more feel epitomized in this beautiful work. I love that subtlety of the diagonal stripe and elegant design.
Beautiful work! I love the intricicy and simplicity! (Pick me! Pick me!) 🙂
I would really love this on mye wall!!! Art at home is everything. This embroidery remainds me of the ocean, air, calm and balance <3
Absolutely stunning work! In love!
Very neat! I had to look closely at her other works on her website to understand how how the stiches could look so even!
So beautiful! I can’t imagine the precision it must take to make these! The colours and shapes are perfect
Fantastic Jane! I love your work. Very inspirational.
A few inspiring thoughts that this work has brought up: These few lines can create a 3 dimensional space. One of them looks like a road, another looks like the corner of a room. What is it about simple patterns that are so satisfying to view? I wonder how it looks different in person, and what the texture looks like. I wonder what would be different about it if it had been printed instead of embroidered. Is this cardstock? I should listen to the podcast.
Absolutely stunning!
Love these pieces! These inspire me to want to learn embroidery!
Beautiful. I would be so proud to hang this on my wall!
Absolutely stunning!!
Stunning, Serene and So so beautiful!
This would make a great addition to our little collection of art
These are amazing! I would love to see them up close.
Absolutely gorgeous! Lovely work and so calm and peaceful. Definitely what is needed in the world today!
I love her work!
These are so lovely! The patience required!
Since hand embroidery informs much of my work, I would love to have one of these pieces. They are phenomonal.
these are extraordinary!!!
These are so lovely. I would love to use this as inspiration for a group I lead with middle school girls!
I’m in love with all of her work!
I have done many types of needlework, but never anything as creative as these. Just amazing work. I would love to win this very generous gift.
I’ve been in love with Jane’s work for years. Would be amazing to own one (and loving the new color pallet)>
Beautiful, calming, soothing, just like the ocean.
delightful!
What lovely work!
Beautiful!
I can’t believe it’s embroidered!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Delicate, elegant beauty. Would be perfect in our new home!
1. Absolutely beautiful!!! 2. so sweet of her 3. Such a coincidence cause I’ve been catching up on past episodes and just listened to hers today!!! :o)
I have loved Jane’s work for ages. Would absolutely live to have a piece in my home.
So gorgeous!! I love the texture and colours!
Loving this stripey series!
What beautiful clean lines! Perfect for any room! LOVE
Yes gorgeous work! I’ve just started an arts degree and the latest workshop was embroidery which was so absorbing but also so much harder than I thought it would be! Jane Denton is very inspiring 🙂
I love Jane’s embroidery! Her work is so clean and refreshing!
I embroider and went to art school. Didn’t make the mental jump and am very jealous! These are great!
Love the concept and the precision.
So AMAZING!! It’s just beautiful work <3
I love Jane’s work, thanks for sharing Danielle!
I love Jane’s work!! Hoping to introduce a piece to my home in Nantucket soon!
Love love love thsee pieces! So calm and dreamy
So lovely! Thanks for the giveaway.
Dreamy is a good description for these!
Oooh, I’ve been following Jane for a few years now and love her work. I’ve been so tempted to purchase a piece (I love Arrows), but other more practical (and boring) expenses keep getting in the way. Her new Blues series is so peaceful and calm. I find it reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest, where I live. Well done Jane!
I love how the nontraditional needlework contrasts the clean design. The art would enhance the tranquility in my bedroom.
Inspiring and amazing! Love her work!
Such a beautiful piece of work – her art is just so collectable
Janes art work is beautiful, I would love to own one of her pieces on our home!
I love embroidery as a medium. The texture and color gradations are yummy. And these are gorgeous!
beautiful! 🙂
I love love love how these works are so graphic and yet so soft, such a great way of pushing textile arts forward. Bravo!
I absolutely love the finely detailed, elegant simplicity of Jane Denton’s work. I would love to be able to enjoy this calm beauty every day! Thanks.
I’ve been a fan for a while!! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Pure bliss. I love the simplicity this piece brings to any space. Love love love.
I’m jealous!
I’m an Architecture student and Simplicity of Jane’swork is so inspirational! Less is more!
Big fan in GA ❤️
The horizon, the sea.. shes carefully, meticulously stitching her own soothing calm world together, so beautiful.
This is work which needs close attention to appreciate the artisan quality and skill required to make a stitched painting
Jane’s pieces are so unique and I would love to have one in my home. Hoping I could be the lucky one for this giveaway (fingers crossed!).
Her work is so beautiful I would love to have a piece in my home
This makes me so nostalgic in that it reminds me of a more modern version of textile pieces my grandmother used to do. I love how the texture softens the geometric design.
so beautiful! love the simplicity; yet, the effect is very provocative.
Simply lovely.
I would love to gift this to my son & his
bride for their minimalist home. Perfection.
Love these! Wish I had seen her work a few months ago before I curated a show about art exploring the breadth of textiles.
Her work is incredible. As a kiwi myself I love to support local artists and would love one of her pieces in my home!!! So great to see a website such as yourself embracing New Zealand artists!!!
Oh wow! Soooo excited for the chance to win one of these beauties. I have been swooning over Jane’s work for a long time now.
Love these! Look amazing in my new home.
What a beautiful piece of art. It would look so good in my house.
Crisp, graphic and so beautiful. I’ve been in love with Jane’s work for years! It’s brilliant and inspired and so original.
Gorgeous!
Such a fan! The delicate, subtle choices in line breaks in her work are superb!
Love, love, love Jane Denton’s work!!
When I read “I’ve written about her before” I just knew the work you were talking about! I love seeing artists’ work evolve 🙂
So gorgeous!!! I love how they they act as a sort of horizon line and how beautifully the colours compliment each other! Amazing work!!!
I absolutely love Jane’s work and can’t wait to see it up close and personal some day.
Having worked in the fashion industry my whole life I have a strong affinity for textiles and natural fibres and to see them used in such a graphic yet painterly way is something I find really exciting. The sense of restraint and incredible attention to detail reminds me of the work of Gordon Walters.
Keep up the good work Jane!
Incredibly lovely work in stunningly simple patterns and beautifully peaceful colours = perfection
Stunning, I’ve long admired Jane’s work.
Gorgeous simplicity and color relationships. Framing fits them so well. ❤️
I have just the place for this absolutely beautiful piece!
oh I seriously LOVE them!!!!!!!! so much….
the new sigh.. to dream for..
would love to win.. over here in Australia.. beautiful work, my heart skips a beat
I am always amazed by how people make embroidery look so modern and cool! I would love to win this!
I’ve wanted one of her pieces in my home forever. Such beautiful, timeless work.
I am a huge fan of Jane’s work and would be so happy to have this piece in my home! xx
LOVE her work!! 🙂
Just lovely!
I always tell my art students that great art either makes me want to make art or makes me hungry….this makes me both!!
Beauties! This work is so, so good.
Beautiful work! I just bought your Inner Critic book for my daughter and I. We love it. Thank you!
I’ve been following Jane on IG for a while now and in love with her creations. Simplicity at its stunning best. Plus yay for Wellington!
Seductively soothing, soft, subtle, stripy sublimity.
WOW! What amazing comments, thank you so much everyone!! I’ll re-read them next time I’m feeling unsure about my work…. Thanks for sharing Danielle xx
Swoon! Thanks for sharing this lovely work and incredible opportunity.
Recently discovering all these wonderful textile artists – Love love love!! ❤️
Pick me!! I adore this piece!
Absolutely stunning! Jane’s pieces are always so beautiful! They always add that wow factor to any space.
Big fan!
Jane’s work is new to me, but I’m so drawn to these muted colors. They match my PNW winters (and springs and fall, and a good portion of summer too).
Lovely designs; simple, yet highly effective.
These pieces are all so soothing! Would be amazing to look at the craftsmanship up close.
Sigh these lovely pieces take my breath away. The blue giveaway piece in particular makes me feel like I’m looking out in the ocean. Totally calm and at ease with anything in life.
Simply beautiful. My seven year old has recently taken to needle point. How perfect would this be in her room?!
I follow Jane on insta and always get a feeling of joy when she posts her work! Stunning!
I absolutely love this! It is gorgeous and I would love to win ❤️
Absolutely stunning work. Even just following her Instagram account is a dream, I can’t even imaging having a piece in my home! Love it when a Kiwi makes such waves globally too 🙂
I seriously thought these were prints! I’m loving the renaissance of fiber once more
Preppy meets boho meets beachy meets minimalist. I LOVE!
Such soothing work—simply beautiful.
I love Jane’s work. They’re so serene & so beautifully done.
Four stripes singing to the tune of my heart.
I saw the first (which, of course, is also the last) picture on facebook and followed the link. I’m very glad I did! What lovely work. I like them all, but the piece in question is my favorite.
Sew beautiful
This makes me want to step up my embroidery game!
So gorgeous!!!
I’ve been following Jane’s work for awhile now and would love to have one of her pieces! Thanks for the opportunity! Here’s hoping…
Beautiful and different. Totally my style!
Lovely work! Thanks for this chance!
Love these – so minimal and peaceful. Very Agnes Martin 😉 but with thread!
Yes, you are right. The work is soothing and peaceful. I would love to have it close to me.
Beautiful and lovely!
Delicate perfection and oh those stripes <3
so lovely – minimal + traditional technique = it works! great inspiration
Loving Jane’s new muted palate too. Would look great in our bedroom
So lovely and peaceful! I love blues.
Love this! I listened to your podcast interview and fell in love with Jane’s work and immediately followed her on instagram. Her work is distinct and unique, and I recognized it to be a Jane Denton when I see it, something I always owe to AFYE . As someone who embroiders herself, I am huhely inspired by her simple pieces. I love her barely there colors pieces the most, but all is a beautiful work of art. Thank you Jane fo making such beautiful pieces and Danielle for making all uf us, jealously inspired
Really beautiful collection of work! Thanks for opportunity!
I love to stitch, I embroider and sew needlepoint. It’s a peaceful thing to do. I am so inspired by Jane!
I could never get these perfect lines. If I won I’ve of your pieces I would give it to my sister, she lives in Wellington too. I saw her for the first time in over 10 years last year but only for 48 hours as I am in the uk. This would be a lovely surprise in time for her birthday. Love and stitches from across the miles……..
There is a real calming feeling with this work. It’s a beautiful series. I’d love to see a detail photo – good sign to be left wanting more!
very nice
Great job! It’s amazing that those are embroidery! Wow!
This work inspires me so much! I love making graphic embroidery work myself. I embroidered for example some of my girls toddler drawings in black or the secret messages my oldest wrote me in a language she invented. Wouldn’t it be amazing to trade one of my works with the work of Jane?!!
PS: thanks for your lovely blog work!
I’ve always loved embroidery works, and these are an exceptional addition to the practice. They remind me of some pieces that were included in an exhibition about genderless embroidery work and its influence within the canon. As a guy, who has recently taken from following embroidery on social media to starting my own works, this work would sit proudly on my walls if I win. I’ve recently moved back to Melbourne as well. So in need of some new work. Thank you for bringing my attention to another great artist working with thread.
I would LOVE to see one of these up close- so soothing to look at!
This is stunning! It echoes Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings – particularly the more subtle ones in coloured pencil. I would love to see this up close and admire it everyday. Thank you for introducing me to her work!
I’m loving getting to know new artist (to me!).
This looks beautiful! I would love to hang this on my wall..
Beautiful and powerful in its simplicity. The kind of thing I could gaze at when I need the rest of the world to fall away for a moment.
How gorgeous and peaceful these pieces are. Reminds me of Agnes Martins work. Love the calm and balanced feeling I get when I look at these embroidered pieces.
Such beautiful works, the sharp architectural lines are so perfectly balanced with the femininity of the soft thread. I would love to see this work up close and be able to call it my own.
Kia ora 🙂 the works are gorgeous!!!… and to be honest, make me a little homesick…I’m a kiwi living in Germany and would absolutely love to have this beautiful work to remind me of home 🙂
These are so pristine! Simple, yet intricate; a perfect juxtaposition.
Wow, her work is incredible! Never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Such beautiful work!
These are incredible. Definitely unexpected embroidery. Love them!
Such inspiration. My mother used to make embroidery sort of like this – a little more old-times, but it reminds me of her.
Simple, elegant, peaceful, stunning!
These are really beautiful and compelling!
I love it when artists use traditional techniques to make modern (and beautiful!) work of art. I would be thrilled to win it
There is beauty in simplicity!
Oh what beautiful work! Such a lovely giveaway
Intriguing! I would love to see the stitches up close!
Beautifully minimal work! Thanks for the chance to win this beauty.
Love these! ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing
Embroidery is not a disappearing art!
Yay Jane! I love integrating embroidery into my own paintings and I’m always keeping an eye out for other artists pushing the embroidery envelope, and Jane’s Work is YET ANOTHER example of the expansion of embroidery’s “boundaries” into contemporary art!
Amazing! Thanks so much for the chance to win such beautiful art!
Oh boy! These are just heaven. So calming to look at.
These are fantastic! I’d love to find a place for one in our brand new house!
Gorgeous! Thank you for exposing us to all these wonderful artists!
Jane’s work is fascinating! And I love the simplicity and minimalistic look of her pieces, yet they are made with a “warm” material. I’m a knitter and admire her vision and patience 🙂
I want to live in that room.
Dada triumphs !
Horizon lines and sky colours — feels very prairie, and I love it! Beautiful work!
Absolutely remarkable!
What an splendid minimal work of art.
DIVINE!! Fingers crossed up here…
I love all of your pieces!! You have an amazing talent and eye. I look to your pieces for inspiration and peace! Thank you already for designing these gorgeous creations.
Stunning statement piece. Tapestry is the extent of my sewing capabilities. To own such a piece of embroidered work by a New Zealander such as Jane Denton would be a prized and cherished piece in my home. Keep producing gorgeous work Jane. X
I absolutely adore Janes (deceptively) simplistic works of ART! Being a lover of colour, I’ve admired her artworks for years. Am really enjoying seeing her latest, muted colour choices too though. Absolutely stunning! Will be crossing all my fingers to win this beauty!
Fascinating and beautiful. They’re so contemplative!
Stitching is my favorite. Gorgeous in its simplicity…
Elegant and beautiful!
Loving the designs and the colors! Amazing work. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful work! Loving the calm palette.
The stark simplicity drew me in and brought tears to my eyes. So simple and simultaneously so complex.
Loving the meticulous stitches and the color choices.
Meditative! These are so serene and at the same time crisp and clean. I could get lost in those tranquil lines and texture.
It’s honestly hard to believe that these are embroidery and not pastels works.. which makes them even more intriguing to view. Tones are beautiful.
Embroidery??! I’d love to see a close-up of the stitches!
Instantly felt the vibe of talented New Zealanders Marilyn Webb and Milan Mrkusich inspiring and echoing in these works. Nicely done. On ya, Jane.
Love the minimalism and colours.
I’d love to see this up close! I really appreciate texture and craft. Her work is lovely.
Love embroidery but also love minimalism… basic love of this!!
What a beautiful, calming piece! I love her work!
Woohoo! I follow her on instagram because of your original feature. Love her unique approach to embroidery.
These are beautiful! So quiet and deep. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
I love the peaceful look and feel to this work. So beautiful, thank you!
The art of traditional embroidery handwork combined with a modern aesthetic is quite brilliant!
So gorgeous – thanks so much for showing her work! I missed it the first time around!!! m
DO NOT PICK ME because I was lucky and won a few years ago! 🙂 I love Jane’s work and have enjoyed her piece every day! <3
Minimalist embroidery? Count me in
like fog on the ocean. beautiful
I’d love to be able to support Jane by having her work in my home. Since I’m also a kiwi and an art embroiderer I really appreciate the work she has done and would totally share it on Instagram and shout it to the rooftops when guests arrive. Jane, you are amazing, let’s keep some of your work in New Zealand 🙂
Beautiful. Good thing you said it was embroidery.
These are beautiful. It was wise of you to remind us they are embroidery.
Just gorgeous! I love this artwork
Love her work! Always beautiful!
Embroidery?! Impressive. Im amazed at the emotions these minimalistic pieces evoke. Thank you for sharing
I love Jane’s work and her new range is simply gorgeous. Thank you for the opportunity to enter, this would look amazing in all homes!
All of her work is so amazing! Have definitely been thinking of getting a piece of her work
A massage for the eyes! Simplicity perfected.
Not sure if the piece is supposed to recall the sea but that is what it would bring to my walls in land-locked Kansas…
I would love a piece of Jane Denton art. I find her work inspiring and love seeing modern embroidery, especially pieces as beautiful as this.
I have long admired Jane’s work and would love to have one of her amazing pieces in my home!
I started following Jane recently when I discovered her work looking for my own inspiration to start stitching again. I love the modern, minimalist designs and the colors are exceptional.
I am a huge fan of Jane’s work! being a fellow wellingtonion and textile designer I look up to her work and find her modern take on stitching very sphisticated and gorgeous !
The colors are so soothing and it’s gorgeous. I’m now definitely a follower of her work!
I thought they were small painyigs – wow these are wonderful.
What a beautiful, soothing piece. I can practically picture it hanging over my desk. I can imagine myself looking up at it after reading through yet another passage of Barthes, Foucault, or Bakhtin or after a especially hard round of revisions on a paper. Graduate students don’t often get the opportunity to own art as extraordinary or unique as Jane’s work. I’d certainly love to be one of the lucky ones that gets to come home and look at it on the wall and not just in a book.
Jane’s work is just beautiful, absolutely in love x
I really want to add an embroidery piece in my collection, and all of Jane’s pieces are gorgeous. The blue stripes are my favorite–perfectly simple and soothing!
I have been admiring janes work for ages. I truly am inspired by her ability to transform thread into clean, fresh and modern works of art. Just moved into a new apartment- her work’s energy would be the perfect fresh start, and breath of rejuvenation in my life!
Big fan over here!! ❤️
I am in stitches over these embroideries. They are beautiful and perfect. Would love to win one and show it to all my friends 🙂
Hope I’m not too late! These are fascinating!
Beautiful – I need to know more about her process!
Lovely work! Loving the asymmetry of her work.
Exquisite stitching – so lovely in it’s simplicity.
I am very impressed by this site and really going to share this site to my friends. Thanks for sharing….
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