Posts by Dawne Rudman
Artist Interview 97: Beverly Ayling-Smith
Tell us about your work? My work examines the emotional states of mourning and melancholia and I try to evoke the feeling of loss and remembrance in the viewer. In the past my work has focused on the rituals and practices undertaken by the bereaved after someone has died. Pieces such as Burial and Shroud have text from the…
Read MoreArtist Interview 96: Barbara Hilts
Tell us about your work? My sculptural textile pieces merge the traditional handcraft of smocking, and the contemporary craft of silk painting. Inspired by the grid structures of quilting and weaving, I use the grid structure as a foundation for my designs manipulating colour, proportion and stitch to alter the surface. Colour is an important…
Read MoreArtist Interview 95: Mackenzie Kelly-Frère
Tell us about your work? My current work is focused on the intersection of natural phenomena and cultivated landscapes. Because woven cloth is the primary manifestation of my investigation of this conceptual territory, the human body and therefore human presence in these landscapes, is also implicated. In my woven work I am interested primarily in…
Read MoreArtist Interview 94: Anna Keck
Tell us about your work? I create monoprints on paper using embroideries on fabric as my printing plates. My compositions are created from collages using old photographs. I use my own collection of family photos as a jumping off place to explore the concept of truth and fiction in photographs, as well as this “trace”…
Read MoreArtist Interview 93: Pilar S. Coover
Tell us about your work? My approach to needle art is to seek to transcend the limitations of traditional needlework by opening every possibility between the thread and the canvas. My four years of university biology and my love of music and narrative all play a part in my work. Artist: Pilar Sans Coover. Photo:…
Read MoreArtist Interview 92: Dolores S. Slowinski
Tell us about your work? My Threadlines are quite simple. I use thread as line to make abstract drawings on paper. Usually I make random machine perforations in the paper to outline areas first. The infill stitching is done entirely by hand. You can’t tell that the drawings are made with thread unless you get…
Read MoreArtist Interview 91: Leslie Pearson
Tell us about your work? My work is an investigation into memory, identity and the transformative value of communication. I use narrative therapy approaches such as letter writing, journaling, and story telling as a starting point to visually express both lived and imagined experiences. I create pieces in response to new challenges, environments and relationships.…
Read MoreArtist Interview 90: Temma Gentles
Tell us about your work The majority of the work I produce is commissioned for religious environments, both for congregations and for home and personal use. The commissioned pieces are in churches and synagogues throughout North America. Several other pieces have been purchased for museum collections. I also do a substantial amount of teaching, mentoring,…
Read MoreArtist Interview 89: Tilleke Schwarz
Tell us about your work? I am an artist and I make hand stitched embroidery pieces (for the wall). My works are a kind of “map of modern life” and look like finely stitched graffiti. I include anything that moves, amazes or intrigues me. For example, daily life, mass media, traditional samplers and cats are…
Read MoreArtist Interview 88: Anna Torma
Tell us about your work? My art practice is craft based. I have a long history of producing large scale hand embroideries and exhibiting them internationally. Artist Anna Torma in her studio. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Anna Torma was in the exhibition Material Connections of Festival 2012 . Bagatelles1 front, 2011, Hand embroidery and acid…
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