Contemporary craftsmanship with a timeless perspective

Thread. Texture. Story.

Drawing with thread

Through the language of machine embroidery, Olivia Kidston creates contemporary textile works that balance precision with spontaneity. Every piece is carefully stitched, celebrating the beauty of slow, considered making.

Young girl with curly hair and colorful clips in her hair, wearing a patterned dress, sewing fabric under a sewing machine in a bright room.
  • Large pink plush animal with long arms and a snake-like body, hanging from a pink bar suspended by red ropes inside a building with glass walls and plants outside.

    Over Sized Lady. 2025

  • Pink plush snake sculpture with different body parts hanging from a pink pipe in a modern indoor space.

    Over Sized Lady. 2025

  • A fabric art piece resembling a stylized octopus, with an embroidered body and limbs in red and orange threads on light blue fabric with white polka dots, mounted on a white wall.

    Floating Lady. 2025

  • Close-up of blue fabric with orange embroidery stitched in parallel lines creating a textured pattern.

    Stitching Deals. 2025

  • Two embroidered fabric pieces with colorful stitched words and borders, placed side by side on a white background.

    Threads of my thoughts. 2024

  • A piece of beige fabric with various colorful embroidery stitches and patterns, including grid, floral, and geometric designs, with loose threads at the edges.

    Threads of my thoughts. 2024

  • A piece of fabric with visible multicolored embroidery and loose threads, featuring stitched text and patterns.

    Threads of my thoughts. 2024

  • A fabric sample with various colorful embroidery stitches and wordings including 'WAD SECH,' 'JEWELRY,' and other embroidered letters, with loose threads around the edges.

    Threads of my thoughts. 2024

  • Close-up of a piece of pink woven fabric with yellow embroidery on top, featuring loops and circles. Red and pink threads extend from the fabric's edges, and there are some blue threads visible beneath the embroidery.

    End of Day 1. 2025

  • A partially finished colorful crochet piece with pink, orange, blue, and purple yarn, featuring a lacy pattern with loose ends and some strands extending outward on a white surface.

    End of Day 2. 2026

  • Colorful tangled threads and yarns in red, blue, green, yellow, and other colors on a white background, resembling a chaotic piece of fabric or embroidery work.

    End of day 3. 2026

  • Colorful tangled yarn or thread on a white background.

    End of day 4. 2026

  • A woman with a colorful patterned shirt and a green headband is holding a large plush puppet with a human face and long limbs, hanging upside down from a pink pole.

  • A person's hands sewing pink and white striped fabric by hand using a sewing machine.

  • A woman with curly hair, wearing a headband and a beige shirt with red embroidery, is touching a colorful quilt hanging on a display. The quilt has various pink, red, and blue patterns and textures.

  • Person wearing a red sweatshirt with various cartoon faces and icons, standing in front of paper cutouts of human digestive organs on a white wall.

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