Danielle Currie is Giving Satellite Imagery Second Life Through the Power of Embroidery

If you enjoy spending hours looking at NASA’s satellite imagery, you’re not alone. Danielle Currie is just as obsessed with these stunning images taken from satellites orbiting the Earth, and she decided to give them a second life through her magical embroidery art.

Currie is based in New Brunswick, Canada, where she works as a government environmental project officer.  She enjoys doing embroidery in her free time, and she’s sharing her stunning textile creations with thousands of followers on her Instagram page, Satellite Stitches.

Currie’s love for embroidery is only matched by her obsessions with satellite imagery and maps. She finds their patterns and colors stunning, especially the ones capturing movement patterns of biological processes.

Currie usually uses Kona cotton as a canvas for her embroidery hoops, which recreate images shared by NASA’s Ocean Biology Processing Group. Most of them are inspired by the ocean, capturing its beautiful swirling waters in a brand-new light.

“I love the ocean. I grew up on the east coast of Canada and going to the beach was one of my favorite things to do… I hope that others can see what I see and can come to realize how special and incredibly important oceans are,” the artist told The National News.