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Captivating collage: Six artists show the way – TextileArtist
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
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.
Discover: Five contemporary embroidery artists – TextileArtist
Take Debbie Smyth, Lisa Kokin, Rosie James, Inge Jacobsen and Lindsey Gradolph, who have all found unique and personal ways to express their ideas. These makers are constantly experimenting and advancing their craft. Some are well versed in traditional techniques and materials, others are new to textiles.
Discover: Six contemporary felt artists – TextileArtist
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 …
Monika Kinner: Prairie land thread paintings – TextileArtist
Monika Kinner feels blessed to have grown up in Canada’s prairie lands, and she’s made it her mission to translate that beauty into expressive textile art. Monika is known for her embroidered thread paintings and her hand stitched yarn paintings. Into these, she instils her sense of place, alongside personal moments of joy and discovery.
Cas Holmes: From conception to creation – TextileArtist
Cas Holmes is one of the UK’s best-known textile artists with works in public and private collections. The world of travel has been a constant throughout Cas’ adult life to work and study, researching in Japan, India and Canada. As she points out in her book [easyazon_link identifier=”1849942749″ locale=”UK” tag=”wwwtextileart-21″]Stitch Stories , Batsford, 2015, that
Tapestry transformed: Five artists pushing the boundaries
The project would also qualify for submission to the 2021 Cordis Prize for Tapestry that required large-scale works taking an innovative approach to traditional tapestry (she won a spot on the short list). Fiona Hutchison, Wall of Water, 2021. 250cm x 300cm (8’ x 10’). Manipulated tapestry.
Cas Holmes: Found objects in textile art – TextileArtist
Artist, writer, lecturer and author Cas Holmes needs little introduction from us – she’s one of our most experienced and popular artists. Cas has been working with textile art since her fine arts degree in 1983 and is known for the unique surfaces she creates with paint, dye, layers and stitch – techniques she cleverly combines with ...
Recycling in textile art: Five artists – TextileArtist
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.