Peter Crawley is a British illustrator who creates his final artwork using thread. The piece shown above, Order/Chaos, contrasts methodically constructed pathways with random bursts of entangled thread to emphasize the two words. Using a limited palette, the word ORDER is carefully stitched into watercolour paper, whereas, multicoloured thread explodes from beneath the cut out letters of CHAOS. Crawley’s colour choices reinforce the message by establishing both calm and turmoil within one typeface. His work brings texture and form to words and images that are typically viewed in two dimensions.
