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 70: Lisa DiQuinzio
Tell us about your work? Installation View Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Good Morning Midnight Detail Where do you get your inspiration? Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Wool, Silk and Thread Detail What other mediums do you work in and how does this inform your fibre work? What bridges the works…
Artist Interview 69: Nancy Yule
Tell us about your work? Artist: Nancy Yule. Photo: Adam Gagnon Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Potential Where do you get your inspiration? Emergence Triangles, 2010, 25 H x 25 W x 25 D cm, Hog Intestine and Thread I love to manipulate items with my hands, to shape and mold. Why did you choose…
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 66: Nell Burns
Tell us about your work? Artist Nell Burns Where do you get your inspiration? Sea Shells, work in progress, free motion embroidery on water soluble fabric tension and direction manipulation, 3″ x 1″ I used to ‘borrow’ my mum’s food colouring from the baking cupboard and paint it onto fabric to get the right colour…
Artist Interview 65: Lancelot Coar
Tell us about your work? Artist: Lancelot Coar I am very interested in the common language that underlies all materials and natural phenomena. Where do you get your inspiration? Installation at MMX with Patrick Harrop for the Transmedialle Festival in Berlin, Photo P. Harrop I have come to realize important things through the ‘lens’ of…
Artist Interview 64: Elisabetta Balasso
Tell us about your work? Artist: Elisabetta Balasso at home, wearing her mother’s bridal nightgown. Photo: Juan Lecuna. Where do you get your inspiration? The dress A LA HORA DE LA BRISA DE LA TARDE (WHEN THE AFTERNOON BREEZE WISPERS) illustrates a true dream: she was in a forest with her eyes shut, and had…
Artist Interview 62: Yulia Brodskaya
Tell us about your work? Artist: Yulia Brodskaya Where do you get your inspiration? Firmenich, paper/card, technique: paper quilling. How did you decide on this medium? Jungle Bird, paper/card, technique: paper quilling. Pure, paper/card, technique: paper quilling. What other mediums do you work in, and how does this inform your work? Babushka, paper/card, technique: paper…
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 59: Barbara Heller
Tell us about your work? Artist: Barbara Heller. Where do you get your inspiration? Shiva Dances, 2009, 25″x37″ (63.5 x 94cm), linen warp. wool weft, woven tapestry, photo by artist How did you decide on this medium? Ozymandias, 2004, 5’2″x5’6,” linen warp. cotton and wool weft, some handspun, bones, woven tapestry, photo by Ted Clark.…