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 127: Jim Arendt
Tell us about your work: Artist Jim Arendt. Photo courtesy of the artist Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Jamie, denim, 2012, 30 x 15 inches, denim applique, Photo: James Arendt. Greg and Ryan, denim, 2011, 120 x 33.5 inches, denim applique, Photo: James Arendt. You grew up on a farm. Did the arts factor into…
Artist Interview 120: Barbara Klunder
In your art practice you have been involved in many fibre mediums over the years. Tell us where you started, and how you moved into the other media. Artist: Barbara Klunder Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Monarch Butterfly. 2009 5′ x 4′ Washi paper-cut. Part of Insects paper-cut show, David Kaye Gallery/Ontario Craft shows. What…
Artist Interview 110: Catherine Heard
Tell us about your work? Artist: Catherine Heard Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Freud’s Bride, 60 x 16 x 30, 1996, Found satin dress, hand embroidery, armature. installation at Duke-u-menta, Toronto. Photo: Simon Glass. Freud’s Bride, detail, 60 x 16 x 30, 1996, Found satin dress, hand embroidery, armature. installation at Duke-u-menta, Toronto. Photo: Simon…
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 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 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…
Artist Interview 85: Anna Hergert
Tell us about your work? Artist: Anna Hergert Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Aquatic Embrace in the “Memento mori” exhibition in the 2012 World of Threads Festival at The Gallery at Sheridan Insitute in Oakville, Ontario. Curated by Gareth Bate. Where do you get your inspiration? Aquatic Embrace in the “Memento mori” exhibition in the…
Artist Interview 81: Alice Vander Vennen
Tell us about your work? Artist: Alice Vander Vennen Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Song in Motion, new, found and embellished fabrics, copper, willow branch, piano felt, 25″ X 50″, 2011, Photo credit: Mark Vander Vennen Where do you get your inspiration? Pilgrim, embellished, found and new textiles, copper, African bark cloth, willow branch, copper…
Artist Interview 79: Leisa Rich
Tell us about your work? Artist: Leisa Rich Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Undue Growth, 2011, free motion machine embroidered, dyed, rolled (Leisa Rich) Where do you get your inspiration? Urchin, 2006, rolled and hand embroidered (Leisa Rich) Urchin (detail), 2006, rolled and hand embroidered (leisa Rich) Why did you choose to go into fibre…