Definitely not your average Embroider, Humayrah’s needlework is a kingdom on its own. Humayrah Bint Altaf is a talented embroidery artist from the UK, who stitches richly detailed plants and creatures inlaid with different materials – leather, goldwork, silk thread. In a conversation with The Creators Project, Humayrah describes that her embroidery as Storytelling “…I believe in storytelling through imagery: the comforting effect a word or photograph may have on people. A single image with few concise words woven together is enough to whisk people away to a more gentle world.”
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