Phil Davison

My work aims to revitalize cross stitch, proving its viability as a modern day graphic medium. In an attempt to achieve this I fuse this traditional hand stitching technique with imagery from my visual universe, a mix of street art and pop culture.

I am particularly inspired by image reproduction techniques, be it in photography or a printing process, attempting to see if, and how, it can be recreated in cross stitch. To accurately render and mimic the original technique that inspired its conception demands a high level of precision, some pieces taking up to a year of hand stitching to complete.

It is exactly this dedication to precision, acquired over a decade of working in couture fashion, which drives my evolution of this craft into the realm of fine art.

Postgraduate Certificate Innovative Pattern Cutting from Central Saint Martins

XXX Stitch, Con Artist Gallery, New York, USA, August 2014

100% Design at Earls Court and Craft Central as part of London Design Week with Creative Clerkenwell , London, September 2014

Design 360 in collaboration with Una Rodden Couture, Belfast, October 2014

International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Center, New York, May 2015

XXX Stitch-Xhibit B, The Rag Factory, London, August 2015

XXX Stitch-Xhibit B, Fuchs Projects Gallery, Brooklyn NYC, December 2015

Starfish Loves Coffee Gallery, London, August 2016