Meet the artist.

I paint with a needle.

I started because I wanted to keep something I was afraid of forgetting — and discovered that a face, laid down stitch by stitch over many weeks, becomes somehow more present than any photograph.

I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1997, and I now live and work in London, where I founded my studio in 2021. My practice in textiles brings together writing, embroidery, memory and feeling. I begin from the gesture of the hand, exploring how words, textures and states of the soul can take form through line and needle.

In my work, sensitivity and delicacy are never fragility. I think of them as a poetic force and an ethic of making, something that guides both the rhythm of the work and the way each piece comes into being.

My work is rooted in everyday life and culture, and I make it on natural cloth such as raw cotton and canvas, using varied techniques of embroidery and watercolour. I hope the pieces invite a calm and affectionate gaze. These are my authorial works: unique pieces, embroidered by hand, built stitch by stitch with research, dedication and care.

Over time, my pieces have found homes in Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Germany. Alongside commissions, I teach needle painting through online courses and private workshops, and it is one of the great joys of this practice to share it.

Bianca