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 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 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 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 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 37: Lindy Pole
Tell us about your work? Fabricate Sculpture Series No 3, 3D Fabric Collage, 28.5×23, Lindy Pole Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Fabricate Sculpture Series No 3, detail, 3D Fabric Collage, 28.5×23, Lindy Pole Where do you get your inspiration? Fabricate Sculpture Series No 9, 3D Fabric Collage, 26×32, Lindy Pole Fabricate Sculpture Series No 9,…
Artist Interview 36: Melanie Chikofsky
Tell us about your work? Artist Melanie Chikofsky Melanie Chikofsky exhibited in Festival 2018 in the Fibre 3D Exhibition. Tres Dommage: 29″ x 36″ x 7″, Nepalese Oil Paper, Wood, Where do you get your inspiration? Beginning to End: 29″ x7″x7″, Hydrostone rope, glue, acrylic paint, wood Why did you choose to go into fibre…
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…
Artist Interview 33: Elisabeth Picard
Tell us about your work? Artist Elisabeth Picard Where do you get your inspiration? Flot, 2011, Zip-Ties, glass, painted steel and neon, 28.25 x 76.5 x 38.5 inches, Michel Dubreuil photo credit Detail: Flot, 2011, Zip-Ties, glass, painted steel and neon, Michel Dubreuil photo credit My relationship with fibre is based on manipulations and in…
Artist Interview 32: Liz Pead
Tell us about your work? Artist Liz Pead Previous World of Threads Exhibitions MacLaren Installation Dec 2008, Maple LEAF Tree, recycled hockey sticks and hockey cards on wooden armature, height is 14 feet tall, 2008. Bayside Field: A View to St. Croix Island, recycled hockey gear and oil paint on plywood, 120″ x 60″ x…