Hallie Driscoll is a multi-disciplinary artist focused on embroidery and mixed media concepts. Knitting was suggested to her as a coping mechanism for anxiety in summer 2017. Lacking any kind of skill with a knitting needle, she turned to embroidery instead. Since then, Hallie has incorporated other techniques into her practice. What started as the use of simple embroidery hoops, has grown into mixed media pieces and installations.
Recent Exhibition
“All the Wild in Me”
A Solo Exhibition
January 26, 2023 - March 23, 2023
Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
Having grown up in a built-up city - where waters were polluted and the stars were stamped out by smog - I was drawn to the unending beauty of the nature I longed for from an early age. I recreate the wonder of a newly discovered bug in a child's hands, or that first seen shooting star when you stayed up too late and sleep pulled at the corners of your eyes. Whether that’s the way a butterfly dances through wildflowers or an animal's corpse returns to the earth through bone and decay. I recreate the night sky in pieces I paint, embroider, and embellish. I see the beauty in every form of nature, in every stage – the skulls of animals long gone, the grace of a snake, the flowers of spring. Using a blend of embroidery, beadwork and sculptural elements, I bring attention to the tiny details that make up all of our surroundings from our homes to the vastness of space.
In addition to her artistic practice, Hallie creates small scale embroidery for the home under the business The Blank Space Collection where she teaches embroidery workshops and brings her work to local flea markets and pop-up events. She has also expanded on her love of design and dedication to supporting small businesses, launching Blank Space Design Co. in late 2021, where she crafts design, branding, and strategy for makers, artists, and creatives.
Photography by Hallie Driscoll & Lauren Casey