Gin Stone
Evolution, ecology and environmental activism are beautifully conveyed through American artist Gin Stone’s art. Critiquing “humanity’s approach to the degradation and disrespect of the natural world” she employs a range of found materials in her pieces that are rich in colour, texture and meaning.
Kent O’Doherty
Australian textile artist Kent O’Doherty creates abstract sculptures from duck canvas and stitch. Centering around how bodies hold memories, his work evokes a feeling of serenity drawing the viewer into contemplation. Kent is based in Seattle.
Derick Melander
American artist Derick Melander’s colourful sculptures are both a study in colour theory and a comment on consumerism. Exhibiting his work worldwide both indoors and out, his ” clothing sculptures explore the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.”
Inspirational Monday, 4th November 2024
Inspirational Monday’s artist is Kent O’Doherty. Formerly a musician and composer he was always interested in art, but it wasn’t until he started sewing that he became completely engaged with it. See more of his work and read his interview here.
To discover more textile artists take a look at the Artists Directory in the menu bar. I’d really appreciate it if you can like and follow me on Instagram and Facebook in my quest to ‘wake up the world to contemporary textile art’. Thank you! Helen
Image: Artist Kent O’Doherty
The blog, 4th November 2024
Inspirational Monday is the brand new book Narrative Textiles by textile artist Ailish Henderson. Published by Batsford books it is a poetic and visual journey offering inspiration and advice to create your own story through stitch and mixed media.
If you are starting textile art or a creative who would like help with inspiration or structure, this book could be for you. It offers advice on how to turn keepsakes such as photos, fabric scraps, beads and buttons into something memorable and can help you create a daily or weekly practice.
Exploring materials, processes, techniques and subject matter, it also features work from other textile artists. These include three artists from last year’s Textile Curator exhibition Karen Nicol, Jordan Cuncliffe and Jenni Dutton as well as other artists including Daisy May Collingridge, Michelle Kingdom and more.
It also provides starting points for a range of topics. If like me the word sketchbooks still strikes you with slight terror from university days (we had to fill so many sketchbooks!) this book might gently bring you back to them.
What makes this book unique is it is a heartfelt and personal journey and account by Ailish. To read a 15 minute interview with Ailish visit the blog here
Image: Narrative Textiles by Ailish Henderson, published by Batsford Books.
Textile Art News
100 Days of Amazing Textile Art has finished. Thank you to those of you who followed along. As usual I’m in awe of the wonderful talent of so many artists using textiles as their medium.
The final day was by American artist Ruth Thomas (https://www.instagram.com/ruthomas.art/) was a crocheted piece that makes us pause for thought. The Pattern of Language represents the United Declaration of Human Rights.
“Each letter, space and punctuation mark is replaced by a colour. The resulting work shows the fundamental human rights, but also an abstract colour pattern: the pattern of the English language.This work was created in 2018, the year of the 80th anniversary of the UDHR, whose content is as relevant and important today, given the political situation in Europe and the world, as on the day it was adopted over 80 years ago.”
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Image: The Pattern of Language by Ruth Thomas
Spotlight
American artist Rachel Breen rachelbreenart.com examines the labour rights of garment workers. “I am a maker, yet much of my work involves the opposite: I “unmake” things and “dismantle” ways of seeing and believing. My work seeks to remind us of the human labor present in the clothes we wear and our relationship to the workers who made them.”
Shroud commemorates the 1,281 garment workers whose lives were lost in the combined tragedies of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 (New York City) and the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse 2013 (Bangladesh). This exhibition was named one of the top 20, best of 2018, exhibitions in the US by Hyperallergic. This work was also exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2020 as part of a solo exhibition titled “The Labor We Wear.”
“With this work I seek to show how garment workers have been exploited across geographic borders and throughout history. Purchasing these shirts at the Goodwill Outlet, represents the
late stages of the garment supply chain. Thrift stores like Goodwill send unsold clothes to either a landfill or third-party companies. The massive shipments of these used clothing to the Global
South displaces and erodes local industries.”
Image: Shroud, 1,281 used white shirts, zip ties, thread, approximately 12′ x 60′ x43′ 2018,
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Contact us
I’m Helen Adams and I started Textile Curator to “wake up the world to contemporary textile art.” If you are an artist who would like to be considered, a gallery who is exhibiting textile art, or anything else relating to this wonderful genre please contact me at info@textilecurator.com. I can also advise on collecting textile art, be a juror and write artists statements and articles. If you have any queries I’d love to hear from you.
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