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 64: Elisabetta Balasso
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
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 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 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,…