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About – TextileArtist
网页How it all started. TextileArtist was born in 2013 when brothers Joe and Sam Pitcher witnessed something remarkable: their mum, Sue Stone, rediscovering her passion for textile art in her 50s. As a child, Sue had learned to sew from her own mum and loved to make clothes for her dolls. But life, as it often does, got in the way.
Captivating collage: Six artists show the way – TextileArtist
网页Collage is a great technique for artists wanting to both celebrate and rage against life events. Each collage element can hold its own symbolic meaning, and then collectively, raise voice to emotions that are otherwise hard to express. UK artist Marcia Bennett-Male uses textile collage as her ‘art therapy’.
Textile artists inspired by nature – TextileArtist
网页Her abstract textile art is inspired by the shapes and textures of the natural environment, captured initially by her ‘macro-style’ photography. She is the author of Textures from Nature in Textile Art (Batsford, 2021). Artist website: www. marianjazmik.co.uk. Instagram: @marian_jazmik_textile_art.
Recycling in textile art: Five artists – TextileArtist
网页Zwia Lipkin, Dare!, 2017. 61cm x 61cm (24” x 24”). Piecing and raw-edge appliqué with machine and hand stitching. Upcycled home decor textiles, wire, wooden beads. California-based artist Zwia Lipkin grew up in Israel where she attended a high school for the arts and received a BA in Art History and East Asian Studies.
Discover: Six contemporary felt artists – TextileArtist
网页Her felted paintings have helped to open up a whole new world in terms of texture and depth of colour, making headway for textile art to gain recognition in the art world. Moy Mackay, The Green Hut, Elphin, 2022. 70cm x 70cm (28″ x 28″). Wet and needle felting, free motion stitching, hand stitch.
Seven of the best textile art magazines – TextileArtist
网页Embroidery. Embroidery is a beautifully presented long running magazine serving lovers of embroidery and contemporary textile art. It comes from the renowned Embroiderers’ Guild in the UK and was first published in 1932. Over the decades, Embroidery has become the most well respected review of the art of embroidery and stitched textile art. This magazine …
Textile art books: Learn from the experts – TextileArtist
网页Anne Kelly is a textile artist and tutor. Her work is exhibited globally in solo and group exhibitions, and she is the author of Textile travels (2020), Textile folk art (2018), Textile nature (2016), and Connected cloth (2013). Textile portraits: People and places in textile art by Anne Kelly (2023) ISBN 9781849947534.
Textile artists inspired by architecture – TextileArtist
网页Textile artist Haf Weighton uses machine embroidery to stitch buildings of all kinds – check out our interview with Haf. We’d love to know what you think about these artists’ work. Let us know in the comments below. ”Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task, therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise ...
Delightful distortion: Seven abstract textile artists
网页Richard McVetis creates sculptural work that captures time and space, while Kim McCormack takes us on a trek through abstract fields and puddles in the Scottish Highlands. Deidre Adams’s work purposely builds up and tears down layers of fabric and paper, and Emily Feldmann takes needle in hand to celebrate the line.