Punch Needle Specialization: Decorative Designs and Textural Art

Sara Luna is a visual artist and illustrator with a specialization in textile art. She grew up surrounded by weavers and craft makers in her family. Throughout the course of her studies, she began to experiment with a variety of materials, from watercolors to digital tools until she found her niche. When she moved to the US, she rediscovered the punch needle and honed her skill.

Her work has been exhibited in New York City and Salt Lake City, where she currently resides. She’s been featured in Create! Magazine and Carper Contemporary. All of her work can be found on her website.

Micah Clasper-Torch is a fiber artist, designer, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. She received a BFA degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Politecnic University of Milan. From there, she went on to work in the art and commercial fashion industry for ten years alongside companies like Ralph Lauren and Coach. Micah later moved back to Los Angeles to focus on creating a range of products from fiber art including clothing, rugs, wall hangings, and mixed media artwork.

She draws inspiration from her travels, the natural world, and architecture, using materials like fabric, yarn, thread, and paper to keep the traditional crafting technique alive. Her work has been displayed in art galleries and private collections as well as being featured in books and magazines such as Koel Magazine, Mollie Makes, Love Embroidery Magazine, and Amy Oxford’s Guide to Punch Needle Rug Hooking.

Rose Pearlman is an artist, teacher, and textile designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She first discovered her passion for textile art 12 years ago as a hobby that allowed her to stay home while caring for her first child. Her work began to receive wide recognition by amassing over 55K followers on Instagram.

Apart from creating her own textile pieces, Rose also creates patterns for workshops and in-print magazines like Koel Magazine, Making Magazine, Loam, and By Hand. She has been featured in galleries and numerous online design websites like Domino Magazine and Styling. In 2019, she published her own book on the subject, Modern Rug Hooking: 22 Punch Needle Projects for Crafting a Beautiful Home.

Adeline Wang is a punch needle artist and designer from China. She studied financial management, and later tourism and sports management in France before going on to work for magazines and event companies. She later moved to South Korea, where she attended a leather craft workshop and fell in love with the process of creating by hand. She opened her own Etsy shop and began experimenting with a variety of crafts, from calligraphy and illustration to jewelry making and, of course, punch needling, which she now specializes in.

Since then, Adeline has collaborated with brands such as Michael’s, The UPS Store, I Can Make Shoes, Original Booties, Hudson Valley Seed Company, and Riverhead Books. She also shares and sells her creations online under the name ByAdelineWang.

Youmeng Liu is a renowned designer and embroidery artist, trained at the London College of Fashion, where she specialized in Fashion Artifact.

From a young age, Youmeng was drawn to drawing and painting, a passion that led her to explore the rich traditional embroidery culture of her hometown in China.

Over time, she has perfected her punch needle embroidery technique, developing a distinctive style that has earned her international recognition. She has collaborated with brands like DMC and exhibited her work in galleries in New York and Hong Kong.

Her works, often focused on realistic representations of food, aim not only to capture the aesthetics of her subjects but also to evoke the emotions and sensations they inspire.