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Jodie Handley - Embroidery Artist
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Chronically ill embroidery artist
Highly Commended - Qld Regional Art Awards 2023 (Textiles)
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https://beacons.ai/jodiehandleyembroideryartist
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Had a great time at the Sunshine Coast National Art Prize!

I didn't take home any prizes, although it turns out I was 4 votes off the winner of People's Choice - its both nice to know I almost hit popular vote & will haunt me forever 😂

I left the house & wore a cute outfit, so I think I won!
Woman in glasses with shaved sides of head and a french brad wearing a green printed transparent top over a black crop and a long black skirt with a blue walk stick, standing beside a large framed embroidery hung on the wall to her right. The embroidery is a scientific illustration of a skeleton with colored mushrooms growing out of it, and scientific labels of different illnesses. There are lines on the fabric to make it appear like notepaper and a large coffee cup stain in the bottom left corner.
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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In very exciting news, I am delighted to be one of the finalists in this year's Sunshine Coast National Art Prize held by the Caloundra Regional Gallery.

Patient 46 will be in good company, I am so excited to see multiple other wonderful textiles pieces among the excellent finalists!
June 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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I'm ready to start embroidering again, so obvs I did something SO NICHE. Where my Dropout subscribers at?😂

I had to immortalise my fave @smartypantsdotcom.bsky.social presentation in thread- @paulrobalino.bsky.social unhinged lecture on how to 'upgrade' humans. It always makes me laugh til I cry
May 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Oh it is 100cm x 60cm btw! Dorky photo of me with it for scale!
Photo of a smiling woman with glasses and shaved sides of head and blue hair pulled back in a braid wearing a dress standing in front of a large embroidered artwork of a linework scientific image of a skeleton with brightly coloured mushrooms growing from it, labeled with different illnesses, and a large coffee stain in the bottom left hand corner.
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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IT IS FINISHED! 346 HOURS LATER IT IS FINISHED!

Patient 46, Adult Female, Age 38 is life lived with multiple chronic illnesses and conditions. They are parasitic, feeding on your energy and ability to function, causing you pain and slowly taking you over.
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that label it with different illnesses. Some of the labels are just question marks. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skeleton. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 26 patches of mushrooms shown, and some are identical. On the top left of the skull a patch of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. There is an orange mushroom growing from the left eyesocket, and two small, pink mushrooms growing under the right eyesocket. A cluster of 5 purple mushrooms is growing from the right side of the neck, and a matching cluster grows on the left shoulder. There are fat, green mushrooms growing between the left shoulder and up the neck. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The small mushrooms in the ribcage are pink. The large cluster of mushrooms growing from the pelvis is bright yellow, and the patch of 3 spotty mushrooms growing from the right top of the pelvis, the left hip and the right thigh are green. In the centre of both thighs and lower arms there are large patches of blue fan-like mushrooms, and the same purple mushrooms seen above grow from both knees and elbows. Three more patches of green mushrooms grow down the right leg and foot Close up of linework hand embroidery of a human skull done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. There are straight lines coming out from it at the sides but you can't see what they lead to. The lines lead to mushrooms of different colours growing from the skull. A close up of linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. This shows the pelvis and part of the spine. The centre of the pelvis is obscured by a large bunch of bright yellow mushrooms. There are partially visible green mushrooms on the left and right. Close up linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. This shows a patch of 3 green spotted mushrooms on the left hip.
March 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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So close, yet so far! Skele is just missing half her arms, a few mushrooms and grey patches and a bunch of text. Approx 3 weeks til it needs to be done to give me time to wash, mount, frame, photograph and submit. It's.........doable 👀

Sitting at 274 hours so far 🙃
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton (although the arms are not fully visible) done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 16 patches of mushrooms shown, and some are identical. On the top left of the skull a patch of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. There is an orange mushroom growing from the left eyesocket, and two small, pink mushrooms growing under the right eyesocket. A cluster of 5 purple mushrooms is growing from the right side of the neck, and a matching cluster grows on the left shoulder. There are fat, green mushrooms growing between the left shoulder and up the neck. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The small mushrooms in the ribcage are pink. The large cluster of mushrooms growing from the pelvis is bright yellow, and the patch of 3 spotty mushrooms growing from the right top of the pelvis, the left hip and the right thigh are green. In the centre of both thighs there are large patches of blue fan-like mushrooms, and the same purple mushrooms seen above grow from both knees. Three more patches of green mushrooms grow down the right leg and foot
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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New skele update! Ya girl has FINALLY finished the second pattern piece and has almost hit 200 hours work on this big fella! I thought you all might enjoy how amusingly too small it looks for the background 😂 I SWEAR it has been sized correctly gang...I swear...It should move along a bit faster now!
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton shown down to the thighs (although the arms are not fully visible) done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 16 patches of mushrooms shown, and some are identical. On the top left of the skull a patch of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. There is an orange mushroom growing from the left eyesocket, and two small, pink mushrooms growing under the right eyesocket. A cluster of 5 purple mushrooms is growing from the right side of the neck, and a matching cluster grows on the left shoulder. There are fat, green mushrooms growing between the left shoulder and up the neck. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The small mushrooms in the ribcage are pink. The large cluster of mushrooms growing from the pelvis is bright yellow, and the patch of 3 spotty mushrooms growing from the right top of the pelvis, the left hip and the right thigh are green. Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton shown down to the thighs (although the arms are not fully visible) done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. There are multiple patches of coloured mushrooms growing from the skull and body. The embroidery is in the centre of a large piece of white fabric lined like notepaper. There is a giant stain like a coffee cup has been carelessly set on the bottom left corner. The skeleton looks smaller than you might expect on a background of this size!
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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The skele continues, onwards ever onwards!

#embroidery #embroideryart #embroideryartist #embroiderypainting #chronicillnessart #chronicillnessartist #chronicillness #chronicallyfullysick #cfs #fibromyalgia #endometriosis #embroiderywip
Linework embroidery of the torso of a skeleton. The arms are not fully shown and the image ends just below the pelvis. The linework is thick and black. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The small mushrooms in the ribcage are pink. The large cluster of mushrooms growing from the pelvis is bright yellow, and the patch of 3 spotty mushrooms growing from the right top of the pelvis are green. The other mushrooms are not yet coloured.
January 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I thought you might be tired of skeleton progress, so to break it up please enjoy this super cute galah pendant I managed to squeeze in while in transit to my parents for xmas.

I'm SO proud of him! He's one of the best pendants I have ever done!

#embroideredpendant #pendant #threadpainting #galah
January 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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That's a lotta people. Time to find some new follows in here! And here is some embroidery art, since that's what I do 🤷🏻‍♀️
January 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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The most complicated portion of linework is complete! We have also passed the 100 hour mark on this big boi (or I guess girl, since its technically me 😂). Onwards to the Creeping Grey!
#embroidery #embroideryart #embroideryartist #chronicillnessart #cfs #fibromyalgia #endometriosis #embroiderywip
Linework embroidery of the torso of a skeleton. The arms are not fully shown and the image ends just below the pelvis. The linework is thick and black. There are groups of different kinds of mushrooms growing on the shoulders, ribs, under the ribcage, on the elbows, on the hips and on the pelvis. The mushrooms have not yet been embroidered.
January 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Got the first page finished last night before packing it up to head home from the parents' today!

I got 33 hours of embroidery done over the past week while visiting (a relaxing xmas break 😂), so this first page has tipped over to 90 hours 🙃

Must go faster!
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton shown from the shoulders up done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 8 patches of mushrooms shown, and some on the neck and shoulders are identical. Three of the mushrooms have been coloured. One the top left of the skull a patches of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. There is an orange mushroom growing from the left eyesocket, and two small, pink mushrooms growing under the right eyesocket. A cluster of 5 purple mushrooms is growing from the right side of the neck, and a matching cluster grows on the left shoulder. There are fat, green mushrooms growing between the left shoulder and up the neck.
December 27, 2024 at 7:23 AM
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Art v Artist for 2024! I finished 4 larger pieces this year, plus a bunch of pendants, which isn't bad for my snails pace stitching to be honest ^_^

#artvartist #artvartist2024 #embroideryart
A grid of 9 squares - Top left is a brass pendant with embroidered french fries in a pastel purple fry packet on grey fabric. Top middle is an embroidered pasito can and embroidered Super Rooster hot chip box on bright yellow fabric. Top right is a brass pendant with an embroidered pizza slice on grey fabric. Middle left is an intricately embroidered night parrot head on green fabric. The centre picture is a photo of a woman with glasses and a blue shoulder length ponytail and shaved sides. She has tattoos on her arms and is wearing dark green overalls over a black tshirt. Middle right is an embroidered half eaten lamington, half eaten slice of fairy bread and half eaten Killer Python on purple fabric. Bottom left is a black pendant with an embroidered portrait of a caramel coloured sharpei on grey fabric. Middle bottom is an embroidered portrait of a long haired tortoiseshell cat on light blue fabric in a hexagonal frame. Bottom right is a black pendant with an embroidered pastel coloured anatomical heart on grey fabric.
December 25, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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These little mushrooms really remind me of the Isz from The Maxx. Such cute little guys!

#SamKeith #TheMaxx #embroideryart
Close up of unfinished embroidery art of a skeleton's shoulder with 6 fat, green, tentacled mushrooms of varying sizes climbing over the shoulder and neck. They almost appear to have faces.
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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I took a quick snap of this before I stuffed it into my luggage to stay at my parents for a week. I didn't want to dismantle the frame & it just fit in my medium sized suitcase 😬

It's taking much longer than I hoped - I should be past this page by now! 57 hours so far, in case you are wondering...
Linework hand embroidery of a human skeleton shown from the shoulders up done with heavy black outlines to resemble a scientific illustration. Fig 1 is written at the top and there are straight lines coming out from it at the sides that will be used as labels although they are currently unfinished. The letters "AT" are to the right of one of the label lines, which are the beginning of an unfinished word. The labels lead to mushrooms growing from the skull. On the skeleton there are multiple patches of greyscale colouring which spread out from the mushrooms. There are 8 patches of mushrooms shown, and some on the neck and shoulders are identical. Three of the mushrooms have been coloured. One the top left of the skull a patches of three mushrooms are teal with lighter teal spots, in the centre top of the skull is a single green mushroom with fluro green slime dripping from it, and on the top right of the skull a patch of three mushroom are varying shades of red. The red mushrooms are not yet completed. The other mushrooms remain uncoloured at this stage.
December 20, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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I'm 25 hours into this beast of a project & making pretty good progress! All of the skele linework for the first pattern piece is done, and all of the Creeping Grey is done for the skull now! Still the Creeping Grey to go on the neck & shoulders, & all the mushies, before we can move on to page 2!
A WIP of an embroidered linework skeleton, showing just the head and shoulders, embroidered in thick, black thread on white fabric. There are lines for scientific labels and mushrooms growing from the skeleton. The mushrooms are yet to be embroidred. There are greyscale embroidered patches creeping out from the base of the mushrooms.
December 11, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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My little pizza pendant has finally joined his friends in my store! I think this is my favourite pendant I have made - it's so cute 🥹

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#embroideredpendant #pendant #threadpainting #embroideryartist #pizza #embroideredpizza
Small embroidered pizza slice topped with cheese, basil, mushrooms and pepperoni, on grey cotton fabric set into a filligree brass pendant setting
December 4, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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Prepping for my next big competition piece! Yes, those are A4 size pieces of paper. Yes, I have measured out this skeleton to be exactly half my size. Yes, I do have a deadline of 3 months to work on this. No, I don't know why I'm like this 😂

#chronicillnessart #chronicillnessartconcept
11 pieces of A4 paper laying on a wooden floor with a black and white skeleton printed over them. The skeleton is done in the style of a scientific diagram with "Fig 1" written above it. There are different kinds of mushrooms growing out of the skeleton, with each different type of mushroom representing a different illness or condition. The different types of mushroom can appear in multiple locations on the body depending on the condition. The mushrooms are labelled with the illnesses or conditions they represent, although some of them are undiagnosed and are represented with question marks instead. A skeleton is done in the style of a scientific diagram with "Fig 1" written above it. There are different kinds of mushrooms growing out of the skeleton, with each different type of mushroom representing a different illness or condition. The different types of mushroom can appear in multiple locations on the body and are different colours depending on the condition. The mushrooms are labelled with the illnesses or conditions they represent, although some of them are undiagnosed and are represented with question marks instead. The skeleton is uncoloured except for where the mushrooms are growing from the skeleton, as though the skeleton doesn't exist except for where the illnesses are.
November 30, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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Meet Treeleth of the Air Ashari 😂 You know, when you just have the dumbest idea & you simply must make it? This is the dodgiest cosplay I have ever made because I was not spending more than an afternoon on this, but it was for a plant so it's probably fine 😂

#criticalrolefanart #criticalrolecosplay
A fake plant with large green and orange leaves in a pot that has been decorated to look like Keyleth from LOVM - painted dark brown and marone sections with bronze lined trim with a 3D red diamond gem and antlers. There is a white raven skull sitting in the back with flowers coming out of the eye socket. A plant pot shown front on that has been decorated to look like Keyleth from LOVM - painted dark brown and marone sections with bronze lined trim with a 3D red diamond gem and antlers. There is a white raven skull sitting in the back with flowers coming out of the eye socket. A plant pot shown on an angle that has been decorated to look like Keyleth from LOVM - painted dark brown and marone sections with bronze lined trim with a 3D red diamond gem and antlers. There is a white raven skull sitting in the back with flowers coming out of the eye socket. Character design image of Keyleth from LOVM in her brown glow up outfit
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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I got these incredible cat prescription sunglasses and now I think I might be unstoppable?
November 22, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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I have added a bunch of new pendants to my store! I'm waiting for some heart chokers to come to add those as an option instead of a chain, but for now they all just come with a chain! ☺️

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November 17, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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Happy to find Woubble in this timeline 😍 Here is some embroidery!
November 17, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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I know I should wait to post a washed and mounted photo of this, but I literally just finished it and I can't deal with how cute it is so here we are.

Pizza is love, pizza is life, wear your love of pizza on your chest 😂

I have a whole restock of fun pendants coming to my shop really soon!
November 16, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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Spinifex Spectre

In 2013, on Maiawali Country in remote western Queensland, a ghost was discovered.  Thought to have been extinct for a century, the native Australian Night Parrot re-emerged. 

September 2024

#embroidery #nativeaustralianbird #threadpainting #nightparrot #nightparrotembroidery
November 16, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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A Taste of Home

Long story short - this was a silly gift for one of my best friends that took me 136 hours. 😂

August 2024

#embroidery #embroideryart #embroideryartist #embroiderypainting #threadpainting #superrooster #pasito #chicken #chips #hotchips #atasteofhome
#softdrink
November 16, 2024 at 1:34 AM