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Recycling in textile art: Five artists – TextileArtist
WEBZwia 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.
Textile artists inspired by nature – TextileArtist
WEBHer 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.
Stitch Club: The story so far – TextileArtist
WEBAine Nic Giolla Choille, Stitch Club founding member. Words that were echoed by the workshop leader herself, Cas Holmes (one of the very first textile artists we ever featured on TextileArtist.org). “What impressed me most was the way you Stitch Club members shared and supported each other.
Captivating collage: Six artists show the way – TextileArtist
WEBCollage 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’.
Discover: Seven contemporary textile artists – TextileArtist
WEBMeet seven contemporary textile artists who are making statements and pushing boundaries with their work. Vanessa Barragão’s love of marine life, and her distress at textile waste, encouraged her to use only waste materials for her giant coral reef sculptures. Hale Ekinci and Gurjeet Singh both tell stories: Hale uses embroidery, quilting ...
About – TextileArtist
WEBHow 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.
Anne Kelly: Everyday layers, bound with stitch – TextileArtist
WEBAnne Kelly, Family Series 2016. 90cm x 90cm (35½” x 35½”). Mixed media, hand and machine stitch. Mixed media, textiles. Artist image: Anne Kelly. Anne Kelly, T ravel Mood Board, prepared for Textile Travels book, 2020. 40cm x 40cm (15″ x 15″). Collected and found ephemera in a wooden box.
Seven of the best textile art magazines – TextileArtist
WEBEmbroidery. 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 inspires and impresses with its mix ...
Shelley Rhodes: The art of repair – TextileArtist
WEBShe is a member of the Textile Study Group and author of two Batsford books. Her latest book [easyazon_link identifier=”1849946108″ locale=”UK” tag=”wwwtextileart-21″]Fragmentation and Repair will be published in August, 2021. Shelley Rhodes: Marked (Detail), 2011, 210 x 78 cm, Cloth – patched and repaired fabric showing sections ...
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