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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.

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Artist Interview 13: Barbara Wisnoski

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Barbara Wisnoski in her Montreal studio with a work in progress. Photo: Brooks Yardley Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Where do you get your inspiration? Field, detail Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Earth (repetition of an act of mourning), 68 x 76 inches, fabric, thread; machine-pieced.…

Artist Interview 10: Jesse Harrod

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

I use fibre and craft as a platform to explore assumed, relative meaning via contextual remixing and queering. Tell us about your work? Artist Jessica Harrod Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Where do you get your inspiration? Frosty Pink Lipstick Smeared All Over His Face, detail Frosty Pink Lipstick Smeared All Over His Face, detail…

Artist Interview 9: Emma Nishimura

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist, Emma Nishimura Previous World of Threads Exhibitions An Underlying Sadness, 2010, Photogravure etching and thread, 20″ x 25″ x 1″ Where do you get your inspiration? My grandmother was interned in Slocan, an internment camp for Japanese Canadians in the interior of British Columbia, from the spring of 1942…

Artist Interview 8: June J. Jacobs

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? June J. Jacobs in studio 2009, photo: Paul Paquet Previous World of Threads Exhibitions June J. Jacobs outside of her gallery The Hand Wave Gallery; owner operator for 29 years, photo: Paul Paquet Where do you get your inspiration? A Winter Thaw, detail, 3 D wall hanging; hand felted wool…

Artist Interview 7: Dagmar Kovar

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist Dagmar Kovar Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Artist Dagmar Kovar Silence 4, wool, silk, photo: John Tamblyn Where do you get your inspiration? Silence 5, wool, silk, photo: John Tamblyn Silence 1, wool, silk, photo: John Tamblyn Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Detail: Roses, silk,…

Artist Interview 4: Lorraine Roy

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist Lorraine Roy in her studio Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Black Cottonwood, 36×26 Where do you get your inspiration? Bebb Willow, 26×36 Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Melange 3, 30×30 What other mediums do you work in, and how does this inform your fibre work?…