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 65: Lancelot Coar
Tell us about your work? Artist: Lancelot Coar I am very interested in the common language that underlies all materials and natural phenomena. Where do you get your inspiration? Installation at MMX with Patrick Harrop for the Transmedialle Festival in Berlin, Photo P. Harrop I have come to realize important things through the ‘lens’ of…
Artist Interview 58: Catherine Dormor
Tell us about your work? Artist: Catherine Dormor Previous World of Threads Exhibitions becoming … , (work in progress) 2009-2011, 7 columns each 40 x 40 x 60cm, cotton velvet, polypropylene pellets This observation also sets me off thinking about the language that derives from cloth and its production that is found in our everyday…
Artist Interview 51: Mary Catherine Newcomb
Tell us about your work? Artist: Mary Catherine Newcomb It seems unfortunate to me that an exciting idea almost always ends up being attended by a lot of anxiety. Product of Eden, 2007, eggplant& brass, figure is 6″ long Product of Eden, 2010, pollenating a squash baby flower. Where do you get your inspiration? Product…
Artist Interview 49: Vessna Perunovich
Tell us about your work? Artist: Vessna Perunovich Where do you get your inspiration? Heavenly Social, 1997 pantyhose, dinner plates and hangers, aprox.9′ x 6’x 6′ What do you think of us placing your work within the context of fibre art? Sculptural series Intimacy & Beyond, 1997, from left to right: Span, Sleepless and Equilibrium,…
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 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 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 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…
Artist Interview 34: Emily Jan
Tell us about your work? Artist Emily Jan at the Redpath Museum, Photo: Ted Tucker, © 2011 Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Cape Buffalo, shown at Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, as part of words once spoken (solo show), 2010, 50″ x 28″ x 36″, materials: hog gut, reed, zip ties, resin Warthog, shown at…
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