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 137: Eszter Bornemisza
What led you to become an artist? Artist Eszter Boenemisza. Photo: Tihanyi & Bakos Previous World of Threads Exhibitions City in the Air, newspaper, thread, sheer, 2012, 300cmx100cm, wall hanging. Photo: Tihanyi & Bakos Why did you choose to go into fibre art and how did you decide on this medium? One Mask is Not…
Artist Interview 111: Jeanne Williamson
Tell us about your work? Artist: Jeanne Williamson. What do you doto weatherproof your work? Security is almost always an issue. When working on site with your installations how much do you improvise? Wrapped tree behind Fence/Curtain 2.0, 120 long x 48″ high, Temporary public art installation in Boston, MA, USA, 100% cotton, paint, thread,…
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 109: Rosemary Hoffenberg
Tell us about your work? Artist: Rosemary Hoffenberg. Where do you get your inspiration? Golden Gate Bridge, 58″ x 57″, Quilt. Cotton, shibori, clamp dyed, machine pieced, machine quilted. Photo: Joe Ofria Haystack Phosphorescence, 46″ x 57″, Quilt. Cotton, dyed, painted, stamped, shibori, resist dyed, machine pieced, hand and machine quilted. Photo: Joe Ofria Why…
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 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 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 93: Pilar S. Coover
Tell us about your work? Artist: Pilar Sans Coover. Photo: Robert Coover. The Meeting Point, 30 in H x 72 in W, 1979. Wool, cotton and silk threads on needlepoint canvas. Photo: Abar Color Labs. Where do you get your inspiration? Papageno, from the Magic Flute Series, 26 in H x 25 in W, 1981.…
Artist Interview 89: Tilleke Schwarz
Tell us about your work? Artist: Tilleke Schwarz. Where do you get your inspiration? Into the woods, hand embroidery on fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of fine threads (cotton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal).74 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert. What specific historic artists have influenced your work? Used cloth, hand embroidery on…