Janine Heschl: Textile Wildlife Art

Stitchery Stories

Textile Wildlife Artist Janine Heschl shares her life in fabric and threads. Janine creates photo realistic portraits of animals using free-motion machine embroidery, and an exceptional eye for detail, light, colour and texture. And even more amazing, Janine is entirely self-taught.

Along with the beautiful portraits runs a deep passion for nature, wildlife and our world, and with her needle, Janine speaks out for creatures that can't speak for themselves.

Susan Weeks chats with Janine about:

• Organising an exhibition for Jane Goodall Institute
• Creating the 'Wounda' chimpanzee portrait for Jane Goodall Institute fundraising
• Can we try too hard to create perfection?
• Connecting humans and nature with thread
• Why Janine bought a sewing machine, and what happened next!
• Do what you love everyday
• Selecting thread colours
• Reaching emotions and inspiring action through art
• The secret to stitching realistic hair and fur
• Failure should be embraced, particularly by artists
• The challenge of making yourself 'do' art

And so much more!

Episode Show Notes, Links & Examples of Janine's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/janineheschl

Visit: https://www.textilewildlifeart.com/

Look: https://www.instagram.com/textile_wildlife_art

Like: https://www.facebook.com/textilewildlifeart/

Call For Art: https://janegoodall.at/call-for-art-ivism_en/

Call For Art Enquiries: [e-mail]

Other links & people mentioned:

The Story of Wounda The Chimpanzee http://news.janegoodall.org/2017/11/21/tchimpounga-chimpanzee-of-the-month-wounda/

United Nations Global Assessment Report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report