Featured image: Along for the Ride, David Poyant, 2025, embroidery, 12 x 18 in. / 30.48 x 45.72 cm.
Textile artist David Poyant brings forests to life in vivid detail, using thread as his paint and cloth as his canvas.
David Poyant creates intricate embroidered landscapes that merge realism with imagination, stitching forests and figures into luminous textile scenes.
His 2025 series, Forest Adventure, Quiet Above the World, and Magic Forest, captures the wonder of exploration, solitude, and imagination within natural landscapes. Each piece combines intricate embroidery with luminous storytelling, offering viewers a chance to step into a world that feels both familiar and dreamlike.
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Forest Adventure, David Poyant, 2025, embroidery, 18 x 18 in. / 45.72 x 45.72 cm.
Forest Adventure (2025) depicts a child at the edge of a clearing, gazing into a bright, sun-lit opening in the forest. The threads shimmer with dynamic greens, yellows, and blues, creating a sense of discovery and hope. The composition suggests the excitement of stepping into the unknown, an embroidery that celebrates curiosity, youth, and the spirit of adventure.
Quiet Above the World, David Poyant, 2025, embroidery, 16 x 16 in. / 40.64 x 40.64 cm.
Quiet Above the World (2025) offers a contemplative counterpoint, showing a figure perched in the branches of a great tree. Each stitch builds the weight and texture of bark and leaves, capturing the intimacy of stillness in nature. This work reflects on solitude, perspective, and the grounding yet elevating power of trees. It reminds viewers that peace can often be found by simply being still.
Magic Forest, David Poyant, 2025, embroidery, 18 x 18 in. / 45.72 x 45.72 cm.
Magic Forest (2025) bursts with radiant color, its glowing canopy of gold, red, and green threads pulling the eye into a dreamlike realm. The embroidered textures create movement that feels alive, as if light and wind are stitched into the fabric itself. This piece embodies the enchanted quality of nature, where forests transform into places of mystery, myth, and imagination.
Together, these works form a meditation on the many ways humans encounter forests, through adventure, contemplation, and awe. Poyant’s embroidery transforms fabric into living landscape, offering windows into the timeless dialogue between people and the natural world.
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Walking into the Future, David Poyant, 2025, embroidery, 14 x 18 in. / 35.56 x 45.72 cm.
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