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 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 23: Hilary Rice
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 21: Judy Martin
Tell us about your work? Artist Judy Martin. Photo: Ned Martin. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Light of the Moon. Acrylic paint, wool and cotton threads, canvas, paper. Stitched Collage. 36″ wide by 41″ high. 2009. photo J Martin. I think of my fibre artwork as poetry. Why did you choose to go into fibre…
Artist Interview 20: Gordana Brelih
Tell us about your work? Artist Gordon Brelih in her studio. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Circle of Memories 2, 2009, 10″x42″, machine and hand-stitched felt. I begin with an idea and it carries me far into the night. Where do you get your inspiration? The Beast, 2006, stitched bubble wrap machine and hand stitching,…
Artist Interview 16: Joanne Young
Tell us about your work? Scrapyard Couture by Bertolt of Kitchener, assorted fabrics, paper pulp, wire, found object, wrapping, appliqué hand stitching, 14″x22″x14″, 2011, photo: Joanne Young Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Scrapyard Couture by Bertolt of Kitchener, detail, Joanne Young Detail: Scrapyard Couture by Bertolt of Kitchener, assorted fabrics, paper pulp, wire, found object,…
Artist Interview 13: Barbara Wisnoski
Tell us about your work? Barbara Wisnoski in her Montreal studio with a work in progress. Photo: Brooks Yardley Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Where do you get your inspiration? Field, detail Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Earth (repetition of an act of mourning), 68 x 76 inches, fabric, thread; machine-pieced.…
Artist Interview 10: Jesse Harrod
I use fibre and craft as a platform to explore assumed, relative meaning via contextual remixing and queering. Tell us about your work? Artist Jessica Harrod Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Where do you get your inspiration? Frosty Pink Lipstick Smeared All Over His Face, detail Frosty Pink Lipstick Smeared All Over His Face, detail…
Artist Interview 9: Emma Nishimura
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…
Artist Interview 6: Ixchel Suarez
Tell us about your work? Artist Ixchel Suarez Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Yukon Fields, Tapestry Haute-lisse, wool, silk, linen, cotton, metallic threads, raffia, yute, synthetic. 1.30 m H X 1.10 m W, 2008 For a long time my inspiration was in the Maya Culture. My grandfather was an archaeologist so at home we had…