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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 120: Barbara Klunder

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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 28: Susan Strachan Johnson

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist Susan Strachan Johnson Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Kirby Hall, 20″ x 26″ framed, acrylic paint and ink on repaired canvas, hand stitching, beaded. Where do you get your inspiration? Clear Waters, Susan Strachan Johnson, World of Threads Festival 2012, De rerun nature Barn Ruins, 20″ x 32″ framed,…

Artist Interview 23: Hilary Rice

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist Hilary Rice. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Overcoming Fear (detail image), 2010, 22.5″ (h) x 22.5″ (w) Overcoming Fear, 2010, 22.5″ (h) x 22.5″ (w), Materials: Hand dyed silk; Commercial textiles; Pewter; Painted Heat Away stabilizer; Various threads and metallic cord; Mounted on fabric wrapped wooden frame, Techniques: Collage;…

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…