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 68: Jenine Shereos
Tell us about your work? Artist: Jenine Shereos Where do you get your inspiration? Leaf Series, human hair, 2011 (Photo: Robert Diamante) What specific historic artists have influenced your work? Leaf Series, human hair, 2011 (Photo: Robert Diamante) Leaf Series, human hair, 2011 (Photo: Robert Diamante) Where do you get your inspiration? Leaf Series, human…
Artist Interview 67: Bovey Lee
Tell us about your work? Artist: Bovey Lee Where do you get your inspiration? Bamboo Ballet, 37.5″x27″, Cut Paper, Chinese Rice Paper on Silk How did you decide on this medium? Bamboo Ballet, detail, 37.5″x27″, Cut Paper, Chinese Rice Paper on Silk Bamboo Ballet, detail, 37.5″x27″, Cut Paper, Chinese Rice Paper on Silk Please explain…
Artist Interview 63: Matthew Cox
Tell us about your work? Avatar #2, Minotaur, 17 x 19 1/2 “, 2011, Hand-embroidered x-ray. By utilizing icons there is an additional layer of redefinition. Where do you get your inspiration? Avatar #3, Buddha, 15 1/2 x 29″, 2011, Hand-embroidered x-ray. What specific historic artists have influenced your work? Avatar #1, Krishna, 2011, 14…
Artist Interview 61: Lotta Helleberg
Tell us about your work? Artist: Lotta Helleberg Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Forest Floor, 2010, 21″ x 33″, leaf printed, plant dyed vintage linen, hand stitched with wool thread, photo: Peter Aaslestad Almost daily I run across something delightful – a moss clad surface, the shape of a rock, or the colour of a…
Artist Interview 52: Chris Motley
Tell us about your work? Artist: Chris Motle Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Helping, 67’H x. 46″W x 3″D, hand knit wool, fulled and sewn. Where do you get your inspiration? Emotion, 17″H x 10″W and 8″D, Knitted wool, Fulled and Sewn What other mediums do you work in, and how does this inform your…
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 46: Anastasia Azure
Tell us about your work? Artist Anastasia Azure Where do you get your inspiration? Recursive Brooch, 2009. Copper, brass, sterling silver and nylon monofilament. Double-cloth on 4 harness floor loom. Hand forged and fabricated jewelry components. 3″ x 3″ x 1″ Which is your favourite fibre medium? Indelible Brooch, 2009. Fine silver, sterling, nylon monofilament…
Artist Interview 34: Emily Jan
Tell us about your work? Artist Emily Jan at the Redpath Museum, Photo: Ted Tucker, © 2011 Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Cape Buffalo, shown at Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, as part of words once spoken (solo show), 2010, 50″ x 28″ x 36″, materials: hog gut, reed, zip ties, resin Warthog, shown at…
Artist Interview 27: Karen Maru
Tell us about your work? Artist Karen Maru with Aspara 11 which she donated to the Angkor Children’s Hospital (Friends Without Borders) silent auction. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Khadi 3, fibre, textiles I collected in the region and cloth I created. Fibre techniques are drawing, painting, machine and hand sewing. Exhibited in the 2007…
Artist Interview 24: Xiaojing Yan
Tell us about your work? Artist Xiaoging Yan Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Guanyin, 2009, 7x2x2, fabric hardener Chinese tassel thread, Xiaoging Yan, shown at Phoenix Art Gallery, Nanjing, China In my art, every idea travels through the intricate passageway of how I think in Chinese, but speak in English. Where do you get your…