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 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 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 91: Leslie Pearson
Tell us about your work? Artist: Leslie Pearson. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail: “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail: “Cells”, Gut, wire, photos on paper, 144″ x 48″ x 4″ (depth), 2012. Detail:…
Artist Interview 90: Temma Gentles
Tell us about your work Artist: Temma Gentles with Muse. “I’m holding a 1950’s-60’s Life Magazine photo of a 93-year-old Appalacian weaver whose joints obviously work better than mine..” Cover for a Framed Scroll of Esther, mixed fabrics; stenciling and appliqué. Two sections: 36 x 53 cm (14 x 21 in) and 36 x 163…
Artist Interview 84: Joy Walker
Tell us about your work? Joy Walker in the studio with tape drawings. Where do you get your inspiration? Black Scribble screenprint 26.5 x 31 2006 Tell us about your fibre artwork? Tape rectangle 1 studio installation paper tape, 65 x 31 x 18 Installation view detail of Tape masking tape 31in x 11in h…
Artist Interview 80: Xia Gao
Tell us about your work? Artist: Xia Gao Previous World of Threads Exhibitions favoRED, cable tie, tying, weaving, 38″(w) x 45″(h) x 28″(d), photo: Xia Gao The conversations between East and West, nature and culture, past and present are recurring themes in my work. Where do you get your inspiration? favored, cable tie, tying, weaving,…
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…
Artist Interview 74: Kerstin Bennier
Tell us about your work? Artist: Kerstin Bennier, photo: Thomas Bondy, 2012. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions 4 squares: all are 5cm x 10cm, Handmade Felt made of Merino Wool, Silk, screen print & embroidery on wood, Photo: Kerstin Bennier, 2012 Sometimes mistakes or unplanned outcomes can also inspire me to work in different ways.…
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…
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