Julie cockburn

The idea of an “emerging talent” is an enticing but nebulous concept. Who are these talents? How are they discovered? How do they emerge? By following the arc of two very different artists, some general principles become clear.

London-based artist Julie Cockburn transforms vintage photographs by embroidering across their surfaces, adding bright pops of thread to portraits that are either black and white or have faded over time. Using found images from eBay and flea markets, Cockburn obscures the faces of strangers, layering the portraits with multi-colored dots, geometric patterns, or ovals in varying gradients. Cockburn will exhibit work with The Photographers’ Gallery at The Photography Show presented by AIPAD…

These are my digital experiments inspired by Julie Cockburn. All of the photographs I used are not my own, I found them on Google. For the first image I opened it up onto Photoshop. I then picked a shape which in my case was a square which I rotated to look like a diamond. I used a geometric shape as it is a lot easier to piece together. After choosing my shape I drew the shape onto my image ensuring that it wasn't too big. After this I went to my layers pallet, ensuring that my background…

Julie Cockburn The Ecologist, 2019 Hand embroidery and inkjet on found photograph 25.1 x 20.3 cm

Julie Cockburn Scribble Rose 2, 2020 Hand embroidery on book page 20.5 x 13.5 cm

With exceptional handcrafted embroidery and an occasional mind-bending kaleidoscopic twist, the British artist’s work enthrals the viewer’s perceptions.

In the internet age we live in, images are disembodied and ...

Found photographs hand-altered with embroidery and collage, transforming pictures that were somehow incomplete.

UK-based Julie Cockburn talks to us about her process of embroidering geometric patterns into salvaged photographs.