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 41: Lizz Aston
Tell us about your work? Artist Lizz Aston Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Optical Lace Repeat, 2011, 27.5cm h x 29 cm w x 5 cm d, Paper, free-motion embroidery, Thread, konnayaku starch, burn-out. Photograph: Lizz Aston Optical Lace Repeat – detail 2, 2011, 27.5cm h x 29 cm w x 5 cm d, Paper,…
Artist Interview 40: Sandra Gregson
Tell us about your work? Shred, performative installation at ‘Fly By Night’, Nuit Blanche 2010, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto curated by Christina Zeidler and Britt Welter-Nolan. With viewer participation, I shredded the pages of an encyclopedia. Viewers were invited to browse through the encyclopedia, select a page to rip out and have shredded. The accumulated shreds…
Artist Interview 39: Kai Chan
Tell us about your work? Artist Kai Chan Where do you get your inspiration? Red Flood, 2009, 118 x 128 x 3 cm, cotton thread, tin foil, photo: Cheryl O’Brien Why did you choose to go into fibre art? Deep Breathing, 2009, 141 x 33 x 9 cm, stainless steel, silk thread, silk organza, cotton…
Artist Interview 37: Lindy Pole
Tell us about your work? Fabricate Sculpture Series No 3, 3D Fabric Collage, 28.5×23, Lindy Pole Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Fabricate Sculpture Series No 3, detail, 3D Fabric Collage, 28.5×23, Lindy Pole Where do you get your inspiration? Fabricate Sculpture Series No 9, 3D Fabric Collage, 26×32, Lindy Pole Fabricate Sculpture Series No 9,…
Artist Interview 36: Melanie Chikofsky
Tell us about your work? Artist Melanie Chikofsky Melanie Chikofsky exhibited in Festival 2018 in the Fibre 3D Exhibition. Tres Dommage: 29″ x 36″ x 7″, Nepalese Oil Paper, Wood, Where do you get your inspiration? Beginning to End: 29″ x7″x7″, Hydrostone rope, glue, acrylic paint, wood Why did you choose to go into fibre…
Artist Interview 35: Laurie Lemelin
Tell us about your work? Artist Laurie Lemelin. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Hand & Lock Competition in U.K. – Epaulette detail-Jacket is constructed of silk organza, with embroidered’ patches’ constructed of tea stained gauze, overlaid with crystal organza. All layers are machine stitched and then hand embroidered and beaded. Photographer-John Heineman Where do you…
Artist Interview 32: Liz Pead
Tell us about your work? Artist Liz Pead Previous World of Threads Exhibitions MacLaren Installation Dec 2008, Maple LEAF Tree, recycled hockey sticks and hockey cards on wooden armature, height is 14 feet tall, 2008. Bayside Field: A View to St. Croix Island, recycled hockey gear and oil paint on plywood, 120″ x 60″ x…
Artist Interview 31: Milena Radeva
Tell us about your work? Milena Radeva in her studio. Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Untitled, 2011, 8″ x 8″ discharge, embroidery, branches, yarn, photo: Milena Radeva. Where do you get your inspiration? The Lost World, 2009, 35″ x 50″ collage – digital print on fabric, appliqué, beading. Exhibited in the 2009 Common Thread International…
Artist Interview 30: Rochelle Rubinstein
Tell us about your work? Artist Rochelle Rubinstein Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Dun, woodblock and softoleum printed, painted and embroiderd silk, 96 x 55 inches 2004 Where do you get your inspiration? In the Garden, woodblock printed and dyed organza, draped and photographed 2002 We, woodblock printed and dyed organza, draped and photographed, 2002…
Artist Interview 28: Susan Strachan Johnson
Tell us about your work? Artist Susan Strachan Johnson Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Kirby Hall, 20″ x 26″ framed, acrylic paint and ink on repaired canvas, hand stitching, beaded. Where do you get your inspiration? Clear Waters, Susan Strachan Johnson, World of Threads Festival 2012, De rerun nature Barn Ruins, 20″ x 32″ framed,…