{"title":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu is a Rwandan artist working in what she calls thread painting — a fine embroidery practice that transforms her original drawings into richly detailed works in thread. Her relationship with the craft began at home, learning traditional Rwandan embroidery techniques from her mother, but over time she made it entirely her own: using the delicacy of fine needlework to bring her own designs to life in a way that is both rooted in tradition and wholly original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer process begins in her sketchbook, where each composition takes shape as a drawing. She then transfers that drawing directly onto canvas at the scale she envisions for the final work — and from there, she hands the canvas to a dedicated group of women who execute the embroidery. It is a collaborative act, one that honors the collective tradition at the heart of the craft while keeping Antoinette's original vision at the center of every piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer creative instincts are intuitive. She rarely starts with a fixed idea, letting her mind guide her and only naming a piece once it's finished and its meaning reveals itself. Inspiration comes from nature, everyday life, and the small details most people overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour years into sharing her work with the world, Antoinette is a collector favorite whose art is finding its way to audiences across the globe — and she is only getting started.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"echoes-of-a-mountain","title":"Echoes of a Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRwanda's hills and mountains look alike from a distance, but each holds its own character — its own highs, lows, and everything in between. The highs, the lows, and everything in between. Each panel in this grid of ochre, teal, and brown holds its own stitched silhouette, mapping a landscape that reveals infinite variation the longer you look.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 97 × 127 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003ca title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"Original Artwork - (127.0cm x 97.0cm)","offer_id":47603430981826,"sku":null,"price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/AntoinetteTwagirayezu-Echoesofamountain.jpg?v=1777561218"},{"product_id":"the-walls-we-made","title":"The Walls We Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eFour vertical panels stand like columns — or figures — their abstracted forms rendered in dense cross-hatch embroidery against grounds of terracotta, plum, pale blue, and amber. The work holds something unspoken: the structures we build between ourselves, present and legible even when their origins resist easy explanation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 72 × 88 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003ca title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"(88.0cm x 72.0cm)","offer_id":47603484852418,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/AntoinetteTwagirayezu-Thewallswemade.jpg?v=1777568519"},{"product_id":"echoes-of-a-mountain-copy","title":"Uncertainty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Twagirayezu was making this work, she was uncertain how it would look in the end — and that became the piece. A reminder that most things in life aren't certain or given, and that the feeling of uncertainty is valid. Stacked rectangles and overlapping circles in lime, charcoal, and crimson sit suspended mid-resolution, neither settled nor undone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 73 × 92 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003ca title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"Original Artwork - (92.0cm x 73.0cm)","offer_id":47605063450818,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/Uncertainty_d0b09582-e205-41da-ba0a-d8e1bfd8333e.jpg?v=1777647233"},{"product_id":"ururabo","title":"Ururabo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2024 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNot a bouquet in a vase, but something more interior — the feelings that stay with you when you see flowers. Twagirayezu wanted to capture that sensation in an abstract way, and the result is a rush of crimson, cerulean, and olive that fractures and recombines across the surface, restless and alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 66 × 86 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\" title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"Original Artwork - (86.0cm x 66.0cm)","offer_id":47605073543362,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/AntoinetteTwagirayezu-Ururabo2.jpg?v=1777647610"},{"product_id":"imisozi-n-imisozi","title":"Imisozi n’ Imisozi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2024 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature inspires so much of what Twagirayezu creates, and its beauty, as she puts it, is endless. Sweeping spirals of concentric hand-stitching rise across fields of amber, teal, and sky blue — layered ridgelines abstracted into form, each complete in itself yet part of something that keeps unfolding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 70 × 94 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\" title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"Original Artwork - (94.0cm x 70.0cm)","offer_id":47605082030274,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/AntoinetteTwagirayezu-Imisozin_Imisozi.jpg?v=1777648043"},{"product_id":"umukino","title":"Umukino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 | Stitched Textile, Framed Behind Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUmukino reaches back to childhood — to a time before phones and other distractions, when you could find all your friends and neighbors gathered in one place to play. Dense black stitching spirals outward from a tight center, divided into facets by red hand-stitched lines, holding that energy of collective joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand embroidered on 100% cotton · Framed behind glass in black wood with unworked canvas border · 64 × 64 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSee more artwork by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/komezart.com\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu\" title=\"Antoinette Twagirayezu\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAntoinette Twagirayezu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoinette Twagirayezu","offers":[{"title":"Original Artwork - (64.0cm x 64.0cm)","offer_id":47605102936258,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/files\/AntoinetteTwagirayezu-Umukino1.jpg?v=1777649568"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4390\/9030\/collections\/Antoinette_Twagirayezu_BW.jpg?v=1777558960","url":"https:\/\/komezart.com\/en-rw\/collections\/antoinette-twagirayezu.oembed","provider":"KomezArt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}