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 107: Leslie Pontz
Tell us about your work? Artist: Leslie Pontz. Often, the piece on which I am working will generate the idea for a piece to follow. Where do you get your inspiration? Wrinkled (Basket), 2012, 19″ x 17.25″ x 18.25″, Monofilament, wool, linen, silk. Technique crochet. Photo: John Carlano.. Wrinkled (Basket), detail, 2012, 19″ x 17.25″…
Artist Interview 104: Suzanne Morlock
Tell us about your work? Artist: Suzanne Morlock with Magic Carpet Ride, 80’x12’x15′, newspaper, spinning technique and knitting technique, Lodz, Poland, 2011 I have been increasingly interested in making “textile-like pieces” out of cast off materials, creating works with new narratives. Where do you get your inspiration? Overlay (in progress), newspaper, spinning technique and knitting…
Artist Interview 101: Noelle Hamlyn
Tell us about your work? Artist: Noelle Hamlyn. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Sweetness of the Work, salt and paper encrusted singer sewing machine from 1901; cotton embroidery and hand spun linen paper thread over 100 hand made bobbins, 380 cm x 360 cm (room), 2013. Photo: Noelle Hamlyn I am currently considering the gender…
Artist Interview 100: Judith Mullen
Tell us about your work? Artist: Judith Mullen I weave the natural world into the man-made world to create a “bower” or a place to highlight this union. Where do you get your inspiration? New Construction Tree II, tree branch, fabric, plaster, Styrofoam, wire, clay 2’x 5′ x 2′. These early artisans placed a great deal…
Artist Interview 95: Mackenzie Kelly-Frère
Tell us about your work? Noise 1204, 220 H x 78 cm W, silk, linen, hemp, weaving. Photo: M Kelly-Frère. Detail: Noise 1204, 220 H x 78 cm W, silk, linen, hemp, weaving. Photo: M Kelly-Frère. I am often motivated by the work of my students or colleagues. Where do you get your inspiration? Detail:…
Artist Interview 91: Leslie Pearson
Tell us about your work? Artist: Leslie Pearson. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail: “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail: “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail:…
Artist Interview 90: Temma Gentles
Tell us about your work Artist: Temma Gentles with Muse. “I’m holding a 1950’s-60’s Life Magazine photo of a 93-year-old Appalacian weaver whose joints obviously work better than mine..” Cover for a Framed Scroll of Esther, mixed fabrics; stenciling and appliqué. Two sections: 36 x 53 cm (14 x 21 in) and 36 x 163…
Artist Interview 87: Kim Stanford
Tell us about your work? Artist: Kim Stanford Where do you get your inspiration? WifeMother; 2012; dimensions variable (approx 144″x30″x30″each piece); steel wool, adhesive tape, wire, skewers, stickers, acrylic paint, pvc filament I looked around my studio and look! It’s full of cloth and thread and fibres! Why did you choose to go into fibre…
Artist Interview 82: Marie Bergstedt
Tell us about your work. Artist: Marie Bergstedt Previous World of Threads Exhibitions
Artist Interview 80: Xia Gao
Tell us about your work? Artist: Xia Gao Previous World of Threads Exhibitions favoRED, cable tie, tying, weaving, 38″(w) x 45″(h) x 28″(d), photo: Xia Gao The conversations between East and West, nature and culture, past and present are recurring themes in my work. Where do you get your inspiration? favored, cable tie, tying, weaving,…