#NASAembroidery

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Happy World Embroidery Day! Sharing one of my favourite pieces: my Jupiter red spot embroidery, inspired by this NASA Hubble Space telescope series of images, showing the interaction of the huge storms, red spots merging back in 2008: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/hst_img_20080717.html

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Clash of the Titans – NGC 3256

A galaxy 120 million light years away in the constellation Vela, as imaged by the James Webb telescope in IR earlier this month (and later rendered in embroidery by yours truly). NGC 3256 formed from the collision of two spiral galaxies half a billion years ago. At its core are two nuclei, which will eventally coalesce as the merger continues. It has two prominent spiral arms and a bright halo of stars which have been distorted into tidal tails by galactic tides.

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i may have finished this much later than i intended to but i think it’s still embroidery day!

my hands hurt.

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Space Craft! Make NASA-Inspired Creations for World Embroidery Day

It’s time to get crafty with some needle and thread. At NASA, we hope to inspire art of all kinds. To highlight #WorldEmbroideryDay on July 30, we want to know: does our imagery inspire you? Show us your art and we may feature it on social media.

How?

Search for a NASA image that inspires you. Here are a few places to get you started: Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope, Ocean Color, Landsat and Earth Observatory

Create. Over the years, we've seen a growing number of embroidered pieces that showcase our organization's research, especially with needlepoint.

Share your creation, along with the image it was inspired by, on social media using the hashtag #NASAEmbroidery. We will share selected pieces on July 30 for World Embroidery Day

Why?

NASA imagery has many functions. From studying distant galaxies to tracking ocean health, our scientists use these images to not only monitor our home planet, but better understand life beyond our solar system.

Embroidery is an ancient craft that has experienced a revival over the years. It involves decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.  Have you recently taken up embroidery? What images are you inspired by? We’d love to see it.

Image Resources for #NASAEmbroidery Inspiration

NASA Images 

Hubble Image Gallery

NASA’s Ocean Color Image Gallery

James Webb Space Telescope

Landsat Image Gallery

Create and Share Your #NASAEmbroidery

Take a picture of your piece and upload it to Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or Facebook. Make sure you use the hashtag #NASAEmbroidery so we know that you are taking part in the event and make sure that your privacy permissions allow us to view your post.

If the piece catches our eye, we may share your work on NASA’s main social media accounts as well as theme-related ones. We may also feature your art in a NASA Flickr gallery and our Tumblr pages. We’ll contact you directly to grant us permission to feature your work. You can follow @NASA on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for embroidery creations, which will be featured from July 30-Aug. 1

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