Artist interviews
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Lithuanian artist based in Norway creating crocheted sculptures often with macabre sensibility
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Tracy Krumm
American textile artist crocheting with wire metal and using found objects.

Katika
Russian textile artist specialising in crocheted portraits

Kate Jenkins
British textile artist using crochet to create delectable depictions of food
Free motion machine embroidery & Digital embroidery
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Jacky Puzey
British textile artist combining traditional embroidery with digital
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Kenris MacLeod
Scottish textile artist depicting the natural world through machine embroidery
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Rosie James
British textile artist telling stories through machine embroidery
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Janine Heschl
Austrian textile artist machine embroidering animal portraits around wildlife protection and endangered species.

Louise Gardiner
British textile artist using free motion embroidery often looking at flora and fauna
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Amanda Cobbett
British textile artist using papier mache and machine embroidery to create fascinating life-like objects
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Caroline Kirton
British textile artist depicting people and families through screen printing, machine embroidery and appliqué
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Jane Sanders
British textile artist specialising in free motion machine embroidery portraits of rock and pop icons
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Kathryn Harmer Fox
South African artist reinterpreting a wide range of real life images into the medium of textiles
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Rachel Wright
British textile artist using free motion machine embroidery to depict landscapes and nature in stunning detail

Deb Shepherd
British artist based in New Zealand creating stunning contemporary portraits
Ole Ukena
German artist based in Bali interested in ‘the space between abstraction and figuration.’
Raija Jokinen
Finnish textile artist Raija Jokinen uses flax and hand and machine embroidery to create fascinating pieces based on the human body.
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Renne Toonen
Dutch textile artist using hand embroidery on an innovative range of canvases.
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Wendy Kirkwood
British textile artist inspired by nature using hand embroidery
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Chiachio & Giannone
Argentinian textile artists Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone’s do exquisite colourful hand embroidery
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Matthew Cox
American textile artist using hand embroidery often on X-rays
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Cas Holmes
British artist using stitch who gathers inspiration from her environment
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Takashi Iwasaki
Japanese textile artist based in Canada who creates colourful hand-embroidered landscapes.
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Kate Kretz
Hand embroidery is the technique this American artist uses to convey hard hitting subject matter
American artist embroidering onto photographs about environmental issues.
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Neringa Studio
Lithuanian textile artist currently based in New York who describes her work as ‘docu stitching’
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Richard McVetis
British embroiderer who describes his art as “a mediation on time and space.”
Argentinian textile artist who uses hand embroidery
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Gretta Louw
Gretta digitally prints and embroiders onto fabric. She is interested in the “feminist crafting legacy with technology.”
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Victoria Potrovitza
Romanian artist now based in California creates colour filled geometric embroideries.

Diane Meyer
American artist who enhances her photography with cross stitch.
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Archana Pathak
Archana grew up in India and is based in the UK. Uses hand stitch with found artefacts.
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Claire Benn
British textile artist using printing, painting and stitch to create atmospheric representations of landscapes
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Susie Koren
British textile artist who paints on cloth and uses hand stitching to draw lines in a muted palette of earth pigments.
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Victoria Martini
Fine art hand embroidery from German artist whose balance of fabric and stitch evoke a sense of calm.
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Lia Porto
Argentinian artist using a range of techniques including hand embroidery to create densely patterned and textured art
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Elisabeth Rutt
British artist predominantly using hand embroidery for her pieces which centre around form and colour.
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Kelly Tobias
American textile artist who uses stitch as abstract mark making inspired by nature
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Tilleke Schwarz
Dutch embroidery artist focusing on “the oddities of our modern society”
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Robby Wright
Australian artist using stitch to create layered work from recycled and repurposed fabric about the environment
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Julia Lodyguina
Russian based embroiderer describing her work as her ‘meditations’
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Cecilia Charlton
American embroidery artist creating pieces based on form, abstraction and colour
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Niki McDonald
Australian embroidery aka Tapestry Girl exploring the urban landscape and experiences
Manoela Grigorova
Bulgarian artist based in London whose art is an energetic mix of hand embroidery, bold colour and found objects.
Ava Roth
Canadian artist combining embroidery and encaustic art with bee keeping
Linda Männel
German textile artist creating beautiful embroidered ink paintings.
Catalina Escallon
Colombian textile artist adding colourful hand embroidery to graphic black and white imagery.
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Freddie Robins
British artist using hand and machine knit looking at domestic, gender and the human condition.
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Carolyn Halliday
American artist who creates tactile sculptures and installations often using knit
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Mulyana
Indonesian artist and his alter ego The Mogus create installations of colourful coral worlds using knit, crochet and stitch.
Natalie Fisher
Natalie Fisher’s needlepoint is a celebration of colour and detail and often depicts Islamic art
Mixed Media Textile Art & Installations
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King Foldi
Hungarian textile artist using thousands of pin tucks for her silk sculptures
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Erica Green
American textile artist using wool yarn and industrial felts to create tactile art installations
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Brooks Harris Stevens
American textile artist and academic with installations worldwide including in India and Kosovo. She is interested in the history and cultural associations of textiles
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Eszter Bornemisza
Hungarian textile artist who combines paper and fabric and focuses around ideas that reflect relations to urban life
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Amy Gross
American textile artist creating fiber sculptures of seedpods, birds and tiny spores and leaves using beads, yarns, and embroidery threads.
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Alice Fox
British textile artist combining found and reclaimed items with textile techniques including stitch to enhance the beauty of nature
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Deborah Kruger
American textile artist based in Mexico creating sculptures and installations from screen printed recycled plastic bags.
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Deepa Panchamia
British textile artist who sews fabric into hundreds of geometric shapes to create installations and sculptures
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Edith Meusnier
French artist using the ancient technique of Sprang to create large colourful installations usually outdoors
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Ine Van Son
Dutch textile artist constructing textile installations, mostly outdoors. Her simple technique highlights the beauty of the material.
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Katherine Hunt
American textile artist creating abstract monochrome work in geometric designs.
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Keren Lowell
American artist reinventing discarded items and exploring themes including erosion and translucence
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Zoë Hillyard
British textile artist reconstructing ceramic ware using her unique patchwork technique
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Susie Vickery
Australian textile artist covering issues including globalisation and often using automation in her pieces
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Servet Kocyigit
Turkish conceptual artist interested in mapping and the cultural identity of belonging
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Lyndie Dourthe
French artist combining vintage imagery with handmade contemporary elements to create a story often encased in glass
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Sara Rockinger
American textile artist using machine embroidery to explore personal and political themes including gun control
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Marta Santos
Spanish textile artist constructing mixed media sculptures and installations using the materials as her starting point
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James Hsieh
Vibrant and colourful soft sculptures and embroideries influenced by growing up in Taiwan.
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Ian Berry
British textile artist depicting scenes from everyday life using denim as his medium
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Louise Saxton
Australian textile artist working with found and reclaimed textiles, paper and ceramics including working with discarded needlework
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Nike Schroeder
German textile artist living in the USA using mixed media and machine embroidery. Best known for her hanging rayon thread pieces in colour gradations
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Anne Von Freyburg
Dutch textile artist reimagining old masters in swirling colours and a mix of materials
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Rodrigo Franzao
Brazilian textile artist who juxtaposes hard and soft materials to create mesmerising pieces based on ‘the translation of society.’
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Penny Mateer
American textile artist employing a range of techniques including quilting embroidery and collage for protest art and commentary
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Penny Leaver Green
British textile artist using found and bought materials. She covers many subjects including Japanese culture
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Paola Idrontino
Italian artist constructing wearable art and costumes using hand and machine embroidery. Often concerned with environmental issues
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Elizabeth Ann Miller
American artist using hair as her material to focus on the politics that ‘surrounds hair and the black body,’
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Emily Jan
American artist based in Canada creating lifelike and magical sculptures and installations
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Hillary Waters Fayle
American textile artist focusing on the connection between people and nature and using leaves as her canvas
Merill Comeau
American textile artist creating installations, wall hangings, paintings and garments investigating ‘current socio-political issues.’
Maria Ortega
Spanish textile artist and curator using a range of techniques and media to reflect on ‘human dependencies’

Judy Kirpich
American artist using improvisational construction methods to create ‘fabric structures,’ based on emotions.
Liz Miller
American artist using predominantly knotting to create dynamic and colourful pieces and installations.
Cas Holmes
British textile artist, author and tutor combining mixed media with stitch and found materials.
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Chuck Stolarek
American artist combining digitally printed fabric, beading and embroidery with a sense of humour
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Pauline Burbidge
British quilter inspired by nature
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Joan Schulz
American textile artist with a career spanning decades creating quilts, collages and mixed media pieces
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Tara Faughan
American quilt artist constructing immaculate quilts with geometric patterns in vibrant bursts of colour.
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Luke Haynes
American quilter featuring portraits and bold imagery who often uses reclaimed fabrics and traditional quilting patterns
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Patty Kennedy-Zafred
American artist who quilts from her screen prints of historical images. Her quilts depict incredibly moving themes including child labour and Japanese Internment
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Sidnee Snell
American quilter with a painterly quality who is inspired by everyday life around her.
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K. Velis Turan
American screen printer and quilter who creates graphic images many of which are based on New York City.
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Brigitte Kopp
German textile artist who uses a range of techniques including quilting often with abstract designs
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Ann Brauer
American quilter using captivating colours with immaculate quilting techniques.
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Ben Venom
American quilter inspired by favourite bands, tattoos and street culture
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Anne Hammond
Born in Denmark now living in the USA, Anne creates colourful abstract quilts hand dyed fabrics
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Fuzzy Mall
Quilter giving the traditional portrait a contemporary dynamic update
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Zak Foster
American quilter specialising in memory quilts and burial quilts which are as zero waste as possible.
Season Evans
American quilter creating balance between the planned geometric front of each quilt and the improvised backs that are “an emotional reaction to the geometric design of the front”

Ellen Dynebrink
Swedish textile artist translating pixels into patchwork often in bright colours.
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Frances Crowe
Irish tapestry artist focusing on subjects relevant to society today
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Michael F Rohde
American tapestry weaver creating limited series of works often with grid-like patterns
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Anna Olsen
Swedish tapestry artist whose work relates to refugees and vulnerability
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Alex Friedman
American tapestry artist who creates dynamic abstract colourful pieces
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Alicia Scardetta
American textile artist who highlights the warp with colours that pop
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Barbara Burns
American tapestry artist who weaves a lot of figurative work especially the female form
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Brita Been
Norwegian tapestry artist who features strong pattern and colours. Recent winner of the Cordis Prize
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Diana Wood Conroy
Australian tapestry artist using subtle colour and tone often embracing historical subjects
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Ibolya Hegyi
Hungarian tapestry artist exploring landscapes with intricate weaving and subtle colours to create atmospheric tapestries
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Jilly Edwards
British tapestry artist weaving colourful abstract pieces based on what she sense from her surrounding reality
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Anne Stabell
Norwegian tapestry artist Anne Stabell is inspired by nature and uses wool and nylon to create partly transparent tapestries
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Marie-Thumette Brichard
French tapestry artist using rich colours often in shades of blue and inspired by landscapes
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Tonje Hoydahl Sorli
Norwegian tapestry artist who references pop culture to illustrate the way society lives today.
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Sarah Perret
French tapestry artist who creates elaborate, colourful and epic tapestries “trying to find comfort in the flow of time’
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Justine Randall
British tapestry artist weaving large tapestries based on light and time in striking designs
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Kristin Saeterdal
Norwegian tapestry artist using subjects such as computer games and science fiction for her epic scaled tapestries
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Petra Kolinova
Cezch tapestry artist interpreting the world around her in colour, detail and a sense of fun
Jane Walkley
British artist ‘exploring the interplay between memory, place and attachement.” Jane uses tapestry weaving and eco-friendly resin jesmonite
Laura Luchtman
Laura from Kukka Textile & Surface Design’s fascinating tapestry project into colour vision deficiency

Patrick Stratton
British tapestry artist using automation in his tapestries depicting everyday human movements.

Pamela Abad
Tapestry artist from Equador weaving colourful bold pieces influenced by folklore and superstition.
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Cathy Jacobs
American weaver celebrating colour and the moire effect
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Margo Selby
British weaver whose work is a beautiful balance of colour and proportion
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Kristina D. Aas
Textile artist now based in Norway using digital jacquard weave but embroidery and collage also feature in her art
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Sebastien Courty
French textile artist based in New York whose weaving evolves around ‘texture and the reflection of the light.’
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Faig Ahmed
Azerbaijan artist giving a contemporary approach to traditional and historical influences
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Sandra De Berduccy
Bolivian textile artist incorporates sensors and LEDs into her weaving and interactive art
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Malin Bobeck
Swedish artist combining weave with technology to create dynamic interactive installations
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Laura Thomas
British textile artist encapsulating threads and weaving into acrylic using beautiful gradation or contrasting colours
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Susanne Webber
Austrian textile artist using felt to create atmospheric images that touch on fantasy.
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Paula Ceroni
Chilean artist using the technique of thread pulling to create colourful pieces that have an energy of their own
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Lesley Wildman
British artist using threads and yarns to paint with wool. Her latest series focuses on landscapes.
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Steven Vasquez Lopez
The only art that doesn’t use textiles on the site. Meticulously drawn images of plaid fabrics
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Rachael Wellisch
Australian artist using indigo dye for installations and textile art that addresses environmental concerns.
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Maeve Pacheco
American artist specialising in oversized macrame and the founder of Macro Macrame
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Eri Imamura
Japanese textile artist creating human sculptures by beading on antique kimonos
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Passepartout Duo
French and American duo combining music with textile art to create their own unique instruments
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Emma Cassi
French artist based in the UK creating baskets and embroidery in subtle colours and textures
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Jakezo
French duo who rescue and then reinvent stitched tapestries into a wonderful mix of kitsch and historical
Charlott Markus
Swedish artist based in Amsterdam employing a range of techniques to create still life pieces based on memories, meaning and emotions
Soft Monitor
Hand weave combined with technology from New York design team

Maite Izquierdo
Chilean artist creating conceptual pieces which are studies in colour and emotion
Liz Alpert Fay
American artist primarily using rug hooking techniques to ‘challenge conventional ideas about what a hooked rug is.’
Soft Monitor
Hand weave combined with technology from New York design team
Afis Quadri
Nigerian textile artist using African fabrics and bright colours focusing on socio-cultural themes and subjects.

Cameron Taylor-Brown
American artist using weaving and other techniques to create layered mood-inspiring pieces.

Kazuhito Takadoi
Japanese artist based in the UK creating serene sculptural forms from natural materials that are woven, stitched or tied.
Vicki Assegued
California textile artist combining found and upcycled materials to create colourful, layered life affirming pieces using a range of techniques.