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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.

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Artist Interview 136: Jacqueline Royal

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work: Portrait of Jacquelyn at the World of Threads Festival 2014, photo: J. Szot Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Los Angeles 1, canvas, wool, 2011, 15″ x 10″, needlepoint, photo: J. Szot I was challenged by the idea of the juxtaposition of two such diverse art forms… How did the idea…

Artist Interview 50: Cybèle Young

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist: Cybèle Young Where do you get your inspiration? Did You Feel Something?, 15 x 23 x 2, Japanese paper sculpture I tried using Japanese paper and a world opened up. Three-dimensional applications seemed endless, but on a very modest personal scale which really appealed to me. How did you…

Artist Interview 10: Jesse Harrod

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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…