[{"id":274072895577,"handle":"all","title":"All","updated_at":"2025-05-15T21:10:52-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2023-11-13T18:21:33-05:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"1"},{"column":"title","relation":"contains","condition":"Gift Card"},{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":272629465177,"handle":"butterfly","title":"BUTTERFLY","updated_at":"2025-05-15T21:11:17-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2023-08-04T09:19:15-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"collection-landing","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"swarm"},{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2024-07-09T10:18:11-04:00","alt":"BUTTERFLY - Stephen Wilson Studio","width":1800,"height":1797,"src":"\/\/www.stephenwilsonstudio.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/butterfly-977313.jpg?v=1720534691"}},{"id":279405232217,"handle":"classic-rock-albums","title":"classic rock albums","updated_at":"2025-05-09T09:30:22-04:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2024-05-29T13:56:33-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"classic rock"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":272885088345,"handle":"new-ablums-homepage-collection","title":"In Stock Albums","updated_at":"2025-05-15T14:45:12-04:00","body_html":"I spent months sourcing vintage record albums and created dozens of prototypes before finally designing these pieces. I hand-selected each album then set out to embroider them. To make the art, each thread must be hand-digitized using digital drawing tools on a scan of the actual album as a backdrop. Every stitch is drawn by hand, one at a time. The embroidery process itself is the most interesting and has to be seen to believe. Each album cover is embroidered directly through the actual paper sleev The albums take up to 8 hours to embroider and can contain over 200,000 stitches. Each of the albums comes with a signed certificate and is framed in acrylic and measures 12\" x 12\" x 2\".","published_at":"2023-09-11T10:41:27-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"album-collection","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Albums"},{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"},{"column":"variant_price","relation":"less_than","condition":"2001.00"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":272889217113,"handle":"individual-albums","title":"Individual Albums","updated_at":"2025-05-14T11:45:20-04:00","body_html":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI spent months sourcing vintage record albums and created dozens of prototypes before finally designing these pieces. I hand-selected each album then set out to embroider them. To make the art, each thread must be hand-digitized using digital drawing tools on a scan of the actual album as a backdrop. Every stitch is drawn by hand, one at a time. The embroidery process itself is the most interesting and has to be seen to believe. Each album cover is embroidered directly through the actual paper sleev The albums take up to 8 hours to embroider and can contain over 200,000 stitches. Each of the albums comes with a signed certificate and is framed in acrylic and measures 12\" x 12\" x 2\". \u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-12T09:33:52-04:00","sort_order":"alpha-asc","template_suffix":"album-collection","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Albums"},{"column":"variant_price","relation":"less_than","condition":"2001.00"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2024-11-17T23:30:08-05:00","alt":"Individual Albums - Stephen Wilson Studio","width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"\/\/www.stephenwilsonstudio.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/individual-albums-206352.jpg?v=1731904209"}},{"id":261187076185,"handle":"albums","title":"The Album Series","updated_at":"2025-05-15T14:45:11-04:00","body_html":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy work has always been about the medium of fabric and thread and how far I can push those in both conventional and unconventional methods. Since the conventional use of thread and embroidery has been seen in wearables, fashion has always been a major influence in my work. In addition to fashion, music has always been a leading influence in my life and for my work. I grew up in the 1970’s and music was all about record albums. This was before the Internet, iPods, CDs, or streaming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eI remember the way the albums used to feel, reading through the liner notes and mostly admiring the art of the album itself. Album covers themselves were my first art installations. I would display them, show my friends and change them based on my mood or something I just purchased. This was the inspiration behind this series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eI spent months sourcing vintage record albums and created dozens of prototypes before finally designing these pieces. I hand-selected each album then set out to embroider them. 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Each of the albums comes with a signed certificate and is framed in acrylic and measures 12\" x 12\" x 2\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*Please note all albums are made to order, for availability and shipping times please contact the studio at \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"mailto:studio@stephenwilsonstudio.com\" class=\"autolinked\" data-behavior=\"truncate\" data-mce-href=\"mailto:studio@stephenwilsonstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003estudio@stephenwilsonstudio.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eAll sales are final.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-04T17:03:22-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Albums"},{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"},{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2024-07-09T10:18:39-04:00","alt":"The Album Series - Stephen Wilson Studio","width":1094,"height":1567,"src":"\/\/www.stephenwilsonstudio.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/the-album-series-573594.jpg?v=1720534720"}}]
Embroidery stitched directly through a vinyl record sleeve.
12x12x2 inches, framed in acrylic.
Growing up there were two ways to discover music and purchase albums. The first was record stores, which as a teenager I spent many afternoons in. The second was through Columbia House. Columbia House used to create an insert that featured a catalog of albums along with stamps of those album covers. If you joined the club you got to choose 10 albums, and then you would get a new album every month in the mail. I picked my 10 and mailed the form in, I also joined for both of my sisters. I was around 10 at the time, so needless to say when 30 albums arrived in the mail I had a lot of explaining to do. I think my new library was probably worth whatever punishment happened at the time. Anyway, when my first record arrived it was like Christmas, I tore open the sleeve and discovered the Eagles, The Long Run. After hearing the opening notes of the Long Run I became an Eagles fan for life. I just hoped Columbia House had stamps for all of the other Eagles Albums. Almost 40 years later I am revisiting the Eagles Long Run. I started by embroidering rayon thread in a spiral pattern to emulate the album, I then embroidered the album title in metallic silver thread. As a final touch I added one of my favorite lyrics from the song In the City “Somewhere out there on that horizon, Out beyond the neon lights, I know there must be somethin' better, But there's nowhere else in sight” The lyrics are created as an appliqué stitched through the album using metallic black fabric.
The albums take up to 8 hours to embroider and can contain over 200,000 stitches. The series is created and designed to be hung together so you can add to your installation wall as you discover new pieces I create. Each of the albums comes with a signed certificate and is framed in acrylic and measures 12" x 12" x 2".
