Finding Beauty Through Paper Embroidery🧵 — Meet jtmm37

Paper, thread, and a world of color. 🧵✨ Japanese artist @jtmm37 began paper embroidery in November 2020. After facing significant health challenges and physical limitations, she started looking for something she could enjoy and create at home. That search led her to paper embroidery. She says she was drawn into its beautiful world, and creating these pieces gave her an unexpected sense of confidence — a feeling that she, too, could remain connected to something beautiful. Interestingly, sewing used to be something she wasn’t very good at. But she has always loved coloring, and paper embroidery came to feel almost like coloring with thread. That may be one reason the craft felt so natural to her. Today, she creates paper embroidery and works combining paper with botanical elements, carefully building each piece with thread, texture, color, and small details. 🍃 Even the name jtmm carries a personal story. It comes from the way her daughter pronounced her own full name when she was very young: “じったんも.” “jt” represents jittan, while “mm” represents mama — giving the name the meaning of “Jittan’s mom.” What began as something she could do at home has grown into a creative practice she loves, as well as a source of new connections with others. At Peppaca, we love discovering the stories behind handmade work — not only what someone creates, but also what creating can bring into a person’s life. Have you ever found a craft or creative activity that brought something unexpected into your life? Artist: @jtmm37 Instaglam post here