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 106: Cas Holmes
Tell us about your work? Artist: Cas Holmes Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Along Peddars Way, Urban Nature series. Paper and textiles layers, print, worked on top of an old tablecloths, vintage textiles and net curtains, dye, paint, print, machine and hand embroidery, 200x100cm. Photo: Cas Holmes. Where do you get your inspiration? Field Margins,…
Artist Interview 105: Geri deGruy
Tell us about your work? Artist: Geri deGruy Nostalgia, Fiber art/art quilt, 2011, 20″ x 30″, machine pieced and quilted, photo: Geri deGruy Give me a scrap can full of fabric remnants and I’m dumping them out and making something new from them. Where do you get your inspiration? It’s Magic #2, mixed media, 2010,…
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 103: Barbara De Pirro
Tell us about your work? Artist: Barbara De Pirro. Where do you get your inspiration? Hive, plastic milk bottles, staples, installation: Matzke Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA, photo: Barbara De Pirro Hive, plastic milk bottles, staples, installation: Matzke Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA, photo: Barbara De Pirro Hive (detail), plastic milk bottles, staples, installation: Matzke…
Artist Interview 102: Kathryn Clark
Tell us about your work? Artist: Kathryn Clark, photo credit: Matt McDonald. I look for ideas where I can delve deeper into the story and find something that can be translated into art in some way. Where do you get your inspiration? Atlanta Foreclosure Quilt, 19 ½”w x 19 ½”h, Recycled denim, bleached linen, cheesecloth,…
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 99: Barbara J. Schneider
Tell us about your work? Artist: Barbara Schneider Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Linden Leaf Rag, Ink jet printed, stitched, dyed, painted, fused, shaped, cut, 2010, 72 x 28 Where do you get your inspiration? Linden Leaf Rag, Ink jet printed, stitched, dyed, painted, fused, shaped, cut, 2010, 72 x 28 Detail: Linden Leaf Rag,…
Artist Interview 98: Merill Comeau
Tell us about your work? Merill working outdoors. Photo Rik Pierce. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Kristin’s Rags II, 49″X15″, painted and printed deconstructed repurposed clothing and linens, commercial fabrics, machine stitching. Photo: Susan Byrne Photography. Mazie’s Bodice Ripper, size variable, deconstructed antique silk bodice, painted vintage linens, commercial fabrics, plastic net vegetable bags, hand…