NATALIE CICCORICCIO
Hand-Stitched Storytelling
Natalie's artistic journey was first inspired by a bag of vintage embroidery thread her mother found in an antique tin. Today, she intuitively combines thread, yarn, and rope with unconventional materials like wood, ephemera, ink, and stones to tell stories beyond what words can express — often surprising even herself with the finished piece that emerges.
Unexpected Details Speak Volumes
Headphones and cords woven into a project spanning 10 stories for Amazon's Manhattan office. Three-dimensional letter beads and daisy chains as a nod to summer camp. Colors that mirror a nearby mountain range. It's the little touches that add up to tell a bigger story behind the art.
Creating "Color Holes" to Fall Into
Natalie's "Color Holes" collection consists of vintage postcards that she then carefully embroiders with a circular shape, based on colors that are already present in the scene. Rather than falling into the entire landscape, viewers are instead drawn to a specific element of the postcard and invited to appreciate the colors in a new way.
Transforming Women's Craft Traditions
Sewing has historically been seen as domestic "women's work" and appreciated solely as craft. Artists like Natalie are changing that stereotype, and her success in both gallery and commercial settings — from movie sets to hotels — proves that embroidery and fiber arts are now seen as powerful contemporary art forms.
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