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"Hoopla - the Art of Unexpected Embroidery"

Matilda Tumim

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A book by Leanne Prain published in 2011 featuring many subversive embroidery artists including Tumim & Prendergast, who's image is also used for the front cover. Most of the artists selected for inclusion are North American because the author and publishers, Arsenal Pulp, are based in Vancouver.

Matilda Tumim

Matilda Tumim

Olivia Tumim

Olivia Tumim

Jub8h4zpaeyv9mmkc2hyua Tumim Prendergast

Art of Rejection no 1. Oriel Davies, "Lines of Desire"

Oh Massive Partan

In the Gooseberry Patch

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