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Fabric manipulation – TextileArtist
Learn about fabric manipulation, the creative folding, pleating, and stitching of textiles to form three-dimensional designs.
Yvette Phillips: Confessions of a vintage fabric addict
Appliqué & collage. My work ranges from small, fairly straightforward hand embroideries on vintage fabric, to more complex pictures with a mixture of detailed hand embroidery and appliqué, to very large textile collages, which can be over one metre (three feet).
Tina Marais: Capturing time with texture – TextileArtist
Tactile relationships. What is your artistic approach? Can you summarise what inspires you? Tina Marais: The central focus of my practice is creating visual and textile art that emphasises the tactile relationship between materials.My work intertwines memories and experiences, capturing the passage of time through texture.
Moy Mackay: A heartfelt journey – TextileArtist
Write what you know. It’s a cliché that holds more than a pinch of truth for writers. But what about other creatives? For Moy Mackay, one of our leading textile artists, luckily she’s never had to look far for inspiration.. Living and working in the Scottish Borders, nestled among the spectacular scenery of her native Scotland, the landscapes and vistas of this unique terrain – vast ...
Sila Gur: Who’s that girl? – TextileArtist
Sila Gur’s textile portraits are filled with both beauty and mystery. She dresses her subjects in contemporary styles that feature luscious, embroidered textures. But you never fully see their faces. Presenting a figure’s profile or a view of the back of the head is a …
Stitch Club – TextileArtist
“I didn’t know how to express myself with stitch or how to initiate my own ideas. But Stitch Club has transformed how I feel about what I do. After the first workshop I looked at what I’d made and thought, ‘Did I really do that?
Textile artists inspired by nature – TextileArtist
Many of us feel a strong connection with nature. And art can help us communicate that feeling of connection, whether it’s an admiration for the expanse of the great outdoors, an appreciation of nature’s textural details, or an exploration of the constant states of …
Alice Frost: Fabric collage the natural way – TextileArtist
Nature as inspiration. Alice Frost: ‘Nature is the greatest source of inspiration for me. Lush and generous, it keeps on giving morning to evening, through changing weather and seasons. Whether you’re into colourful flowers, peaceful forests, majestic mountains, roaring waterfalls, the vigorous foliage of summer or the colourful intensity of autumn – the globe has it all.
Stop stalling, start stitching – TextileArtist
Clarissa Callesen, Fecundity, 2016. 53”x 33”x 7”.Recycled textiles, found objects, wire, animal membrane Monica Bennett, Caribou Roaming.Hand-felted Finn and Merino wools, with rarebreed, Pender Island raised Cotswold sheep locks, 3D resist felting technique.