The first embroidered illustration was this Architectural hand embroidery design in Paris.
Elin shared the image to her Instagram account @petronella.art, which soon got shared on numerous art pages.
The result was astonishing and kickstarted the couple’s joint artistic career. Following, the demand and interest for Charles and Elin grew at a rapid pace.
“The wave came and we jumped without a second thought”
Upon requests from their growing audience, they began to host workshops in local cafés in 2017. As a result of the workshop’s popularity, along with increasing demand from other creatives to learn more, they decided to give full-time artistry a serious go.