Inge jacobsen biography examples

“I’m not really a patient person” explains Inge Jacobsen, an Irish-born artist who’s in the business of embroidery and collage.

Inge jacobsen biography examples

Interested in the over saturation of images, Jacobsen seeks to create work which is unique by using found imagery, stitching onto anything from newspaper articles to adverts to magazine covers, including our very own Beyonce shoot from last summer.

Ahead of taking part in a group exhibition opening in Munich later this month, we asked her how she got into the seriously old craft and what she looks for in a canvas. 

I choose images that appeal to me personally – either for their compositional values or its sex appeal

Dazed Digital: What kick started your interest in embroidery?
Inge Jacobsen: It started while I was at university, we had a lot of freedom on the course to explore our ideas in any way possible.

I had some cross-stitch works that I inherited from my grandmother, and I thought it would be