Rosemary Burd

I am a mixed media and textile artist living and working in Vancouver, BC. I have always been a maker, but only recently discovered my tools for making art: a needle and thread. What began as a fascination with running stitch and sashiko embroidery has developed into a stitching practice that is equal parts exploration and meditation. During the pandemic, I began stitching on my own jerky iPhone photographs, using lustrous silk thread to amplify the blurred interplay of movement, light and colour. Self-taught as an embroiderer and a photographer, my artwork has been featured in From Confrontation to Catharsis:SDA International Exhibition in Print (2021), and has been exhibited in group shows in Ontario and British Columbia. In the fall of 2023 I exhibited my largest works to date in my first two-person show.