This is a ‘technique’ that will mean something different to everyone! And let’s be clear – there is no right or wrong here. And I believe that all of our embroidery is textile art, but for me, under my ‘classification’, these pieces have something ‘extra’.
To me, and in my embroidery, I ‘classify’ pieces as being ‘textile art’, if they use a range of different techniques, along with including additional materials. It might be ‘found objects’, it might be felt sculptures, beads or crystals. Anything that is basically not a thread!