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 55: David Hanauer
Tell us about your work? Artist David Hanauer How did your work evolve into the WorldWide Carpet Project? WorldWide Carpets #1, “6th & Flower St”, 140 x 190 cm, photograph printed on carpet material Also with The “WorldWide Carpets” you create this lovely appearance of contemporary Persian Rugs, using images from our times for creating…
Artist Interview 54: Dwayne Frederick Wanner
Tell us about your work? Artist: Dwayne Wanner Where do you get your inspiration? Circuit Board, 72 x 50″ For several years I owned a company that did robotic installations in manufacturing plants. I hung my quilts throughout our offices. My young engineers always asked what the quilts were about etc. Finally I decided to…
Artist Interview 53: Pat Hertzberg
Tell us about your work? Artist Pat Hertzberg Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Joie de Vie shawl, 18″ x 80″; materials: assorted fabrics, cords and threads; techniques: some dyeing, thread-web, freemotion embroidery – this piece was exhibited in the 2009 Common Thread International Juried Exhibition at the Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre Joie de Vie…
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 48: Fuyuko Matsubara
Tell us about your work? Artist: Fuyuko Matsubara in Venice Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Weaving Installation view, From left: A phase of Light: Recovery, Reflection, Early Morning, Support, The Lights, The Sources Where do you get your inspiration? In the Earth Installation view, 12 panels, 236 x 426, each panel= 78.5 x 106.5 A…
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 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 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…