About Edith Miller

Edith Miller is a Royal School of Needlework trained hand embroider who is proficient in multiple techniques including Goldwork, Tambour embroidery, Blackwork, Jacobean Crewelwork, Stumpwork, and Silkshading.

Guided by the classical techniques taught at the Royal School of Needlework, Edith Miller’s hand embroidery reimagines the possibilities of traditional craft. Her practice favours instinctive and unconventional methods, valuing innovation without abandoning tradition, allowing space for spontaneity and storytelling through stitch.

The influence of the sea - a place I both revere and fear - runs through my practice. I see it as a metaphor for hidden truths, conflict, and transformation, which feeds into the way that I create my embroideries, often evolving from subject matter such as shells and fossils.

My work explores dichotomy and contrast, allowing me to create unfamiliar aesthetics and forms. Whilst I draw inspiration from organic life, I choose to embroider with mechanical materials.

By merging the natural with the utilitarian, my embroidery explores the tension between soft and hard, delicacy and strength, and the natural and man-made. This duality opens up a wide visual and tactile range that enables my embroidery to feel simultaneously familiar and alien.

Trained at Hampton Court Palace, I am proficient in multiple techniques including Goldwork, Tambour embroidery, Blackwork, Jacobean Crewelwork, Stumpwork, and Silkshading.

During my studies I received several bursaries including those from the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers and the Merchant Taylors.

I have worked for fashion houses including Erdem and Zandra Rhodes, and collaborated with London’s esteemed Milliners, Lock and Co. Hatters on several occasions to create pieces for their seasonal window displays.

Through every project, I remain committed to pushing the boundaries of hand embroidery, celebrating the unexpected, and collaborating across disciplines to tell powerful visual stories.

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Recent work

A range of experimental beadwork, material sampling, and concept developments

Tambour, Goldwork and machine embroidery