World of Threads Festival
Blog Archive: Fibre Artist Interviews
Since the series was launched in 2011, Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate have been interviewing local, national or international fibre artists. We have published over 137 artist interviews to date. Join us as we create a comprehensive archive of some of the most exciting fibre artists in the world. People have subscribed from 96 countries.
Artist Interview 47: Jodi Colella
Tell us about your work? Artist Jodi Colella Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Diana – 7 x 9.5 x 6 in., wool and found driftwood; needlefelting. Photo by artist. Science informs my designs. The organic forms reference both the macro and microscopic – exaggerated cellular forms that act as metaphors for the human condition in…
Artist Interview 46: Anastasia Azure
Tell us about your work? Artist Anastasia Azure Where do you get your inspiration? Recursive Brooch, 2009. Copper, brass, sterling silver and nylon monofilament. Double-cloth on 4 harness floor loom. Hand forged and fabricated jewelry components. 3″ x 3″ x 1″ Which is your favourite fibre medium? Indelible Brooch, 2009. Fine silver, sterling, nylon monofilament…
Artist Interview 45: Marjolein Dallinga
Tell us about your work? Artist Marjolein Dallinga Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Skin 2, 2011, 220×200, Marjolein Dallinga, wool felted hand dyed Where do you get your inspiration? Skin 3, 2011, 220×200, Marjolein Dallinga, wool felted hand dyed So now I could paint with fibre. Why did you choose to go into fibre art?…
Artist Interview 44: Libby Hague
Tell us about your work? Artist Libby Hague, photo: Judith Lermer Crawley Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Being Natural, woodcut on Okawara paper,wire, detail, Durham Art Gallery, 2010 Where do you get your inspiration? Being Natural, woodcut on Okawara paper, wire, detail, Durham Art Gallery, 2010, Photo credit Michael Tweed Paper is very warm and…
Artist Interview 43: Rita Dijkstra
Tell us about your work? Artist Rita Dijkstra Ocean Blue (102 x 152 cm), Materials: cotton, silk, organza, angelina. Leaves of silk and organza, with a stem of silk and organza are appliqued on a cotton surface. The leaves are drawn freehand. Angelina is being used sparingly to add some glitter. The surface is intensively…
Artist Interview 42: Leanne Shea Rhem
Tell us about your work? Artist Leanne Shea Rhem. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Armour Front, Media: Handmade Kozo paper, Kozo, Metal Grommets, Lamb Skin Leather, Polyester Thread, 2011, Photography: Christine Lim Where do you get your inspiration? Armour Arm, Media: Handmade Kozo paper, Kozo, Metal Grommets, Lamb Skin Leather, Polyester Thread, 2011, Photography: Christine…
Artist Interview 41: Lizz Aston
Tell us about your work? Artist Lizz Aston Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Optical Lace Repeat, 2011, 27.5cm h x 29 cm w x 5 cm d, Paper, free-motion embroidery, Thread, konnayaku starch, burn-out. Photograph: Lizz Aston Optical Lace Repeat – detail 2, 2011, 27.5cm h x 29 cm w x 5 cm d, Paper,…
Artist Interview 40: Sandra Gregson
Tell us about your work? Shred, performative installation at ‘Fly By Night’, Nuit Blanche 2010, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto curated by Christina Zeidler and Britt Welter-Nolan. With viewer participation, I shredded the pages of an encyclopedia. Viewers were invited to browse through the encyclopedia, select a page to rip out and have shredded. The accumulated shreds…
Artist Interview 39: Kai Chan
Tell us about your work? Artist Kai Chan Where do you get your inspiration? Red Flood, 2009, 118 x 128 x 3 cm, cotton thread, tin foil, photo: Cheryl O’Brien Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Deep Breathing, 2009, 141 x 33 x 9 cm, stainless steel, silk thread, silk organza, cotton…
Artist Interview 38: Edith Meusnier
Tell us about your work? Artist Edith Meusnier, France. photo credit: Elsa Abderhamani Where do you get your inspiration? Sortilège, Festival ARTEC, La ferté Bernard, France, spring 2010, size: 50 elements, between 8 and 12m each, medium: gift ribbon, technique: sprang The nets are in turn sensors and protectors; they seep, they ripple, they get…