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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 82: Marie Bergstedt

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work. Artist: Marie Bergstedt Previous World of Threads Exhibitions

Artist Interview 81: Alice Vander Vennen

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist: Alice Vander Vennen Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Song in Motion, new, found and embellished fabrics, copper, willow branch, piano felt, 25″ X 50″, 2011, Photo credit: Mark Vander Vennen Where do you get your inspiration? Pilgrim, embellished, found and new textiles, copper, African bark cloth, willow branch, copper…

Artist Interview 64: Elisabetta Balasso

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist: Elisabetta Balasso at home, wearing her mother’s bridal nightgown. Photo: Juan Lecuna. Where do you get your inspiration? The dress A LA HORA DE LA BRISA DE LA TARDE (WHEN THE AFTERNOON BREEZE WISPERS) illustrates a true dream: she was in a forest with her eyes shut, and had…

Artist Interview 61: Lotta Helleberg

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist: Lotta Helleberg Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Forest Floor, 2010, 21″ x 33″, leaf printed, plant dyed vintage linen, hand stitched with wool thread, photo: Peter Aaslestad Almost daily I run across something delightful – a moss clad surface, the shape of a rock, or the colour of a…

Artist Interview 34: Emily Jan

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Tell us about your work? Artist Emily Jan at the Redpath Museum, Photo: Ted Tucker, © 2011 Previous World of Threads Exhibitions Cape Buffalo, shown at Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, as part of words once spoken (solo show), 2010, 50″ x 28″ x 36″, materials: hog gut, reed, zip ties, resin Warthog, shown at…

Artist Interview 32: Liz Pead

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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 25: Valerie Knapp

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

Artist Interview 21: Judy Martin

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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 16: Joanne Young

By Dawne Rudman | February 10, 2026

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,…