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May 6, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Claire Benn

Claire Benn in her studio working on Slide 

 

Claire Benn’s multi media arts works are incredibly atmospheric as the combination of colours and textures allows the viewer time to reflect and absorb their calming presence. We are asked Claire what inspires her. “Remote landscape and the visual translation of what I experience, think or feel in that landscape.  My aim is one of representational abstraction.  Hand stitch is my other inspiration in the sense that the resulting works communicate the meditation of the act.  Stitch generates a visual ‘mark’ of time.  It is literal texture and can be felt.”

 

April 17, 2019 In Textile Art

Eszter Bornemisza

It isn’t unusual for textile artists to find their passion for textiles after another career and Hungarian Eszter Bornemisza is no exception. She was a researcher in sociology and gained a PhD in mathematical statistics before a chance visit to a French Quilt Exhibition changed her path.  “I saw art quilts for the first time and thought they were like modern paintings made in the medium of textiles,” she explains. “I had always been keen on contemporary art, but never thought of trying to paint myself. Here my two independent interests suddenly joined up together: textile and modern art. It became clear to me in a flash, that this is what I have to do!” She has been a fibre artist ever since and works with recycled paper, textile and found objects using machine embroidery, dyeing and painting in much of her work.

April 8, 2019 In Textile Art

Jette Clover

Jette Clover has been a full time artist for over 20 years and produces 10 to 12 large pieces and 70 to 80 smaller pieces each year. “Most often the small pieces happen afterwards and are made from left-over materials of the big pieces”, she explains. Below is one of those smaller pieces – Ponderings 1 made in 2018 and measuring 20 x 20cms. Whether you are lucky enough to own or view one of her art works big or small, or read her book ‘Words and Walls,’ the juxtaposition of stitch, words and fabrics makes her work incredibly special.

January 28, 2019 In Uncategorized

Lyndie Dourthe

    

Lyndie Dourthe is our featured artist this week. Check our her exclusive interview and see more of her lovely work by clicking this link

January 21, 2019 In Uncategorized

Caroline Kirton

      

 

Caroline Kirton is our featured artist this week. Check our her exclusive interview and see more of her lovely work by clicking this link.

October 22, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Latest work from Victoria Potrovitza

Clockwise from left: Bridge Over the Silver Island; Central Station; Rush Hour; Summer in the City, work from conception to completion. All hand embroidery by Victoria Potrovitza, 2018.

 

It has been a busy year for Victoria Potrovitza since we featured her. As well as being in various exhibitions she won the Fiber Artist of San Antonio (FASA) 43rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition. She also became a member of the Surface Design Association.

As we all know textile art can be a slow process but Victoria has created 14 new pieces. As she explains, “I like to make series of 3 to 4 pieces, with similar outlines and similar colour palette.” The images above are from each series.

To learn more about Victoria and her interesting background (she was originally a fashion designer) read her interview here or if you live near Ontario she is currently exhibiting 10 images at  the “World of Threads Festival”, in a solo exhibition in the Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Center, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

October 8, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Hand embroidery by Mary Mazziotti

From the top: Worry; Poorly; Bask, hand embroidery from ‘Needling the Regime,’ by Mary Mazziotti.

 

After a successful career as a writer and creative director for advertising, Mary Mazziotti is now a professional artist. Her work has recently moved into Resistance Art, and with President Trump in office there is plenty of material to use. Visit her website to see an inspiring video of how Mary creates her large canvases.

www.mazziottiart.com

September 24, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Quilt artist Anne Hammond

Anne Hammond in her studio and at an exhibition.

The mediative process of many textile techniques often allows the work to develop while it is being created. Anne Hammond whose quilts are inspired by geometric shapes and lines often  works on a series and quilts and it’s fascinating to see the similarities on her themes. Visit her profile page here to see here quilts or visit her website for more details about her work and her numerous awards brokenladderquilt.com

 

September 17, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Alex Friedman

  

 

For anyone who has tried tapestry weaving the anticipation and excitement of cutting the tapestry off the loom after days, weeks, months or even years of weaving never ceases to be a memorable event. Here is Alex Friedman’s tapestry Shift being woven with the cartoon behind, and then waiting to be finished, which involves dealing with the long strands of wool, hemming and preparing the tapestry to be hung.

To find out more about Alex visit her profile page or visit www.alexfriedmantapestry.com

September 10, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Jacquard Tapestry Exhibition

 

From top left: Gypsy Fortune Teller, Kehinde Wiley, 2007; Guernica, Hank Willis Thomas, mixed media (sports jerseys) 2017;  Mask Series, Havana, Alexandre Arrechea, 2016; Tra la terra e il cielo (between heaven and earth) Alighiero Boetti

‘Nomadic Murals; Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets’, is a fantastic exhibition showing over 40 tapestries and carpets from different artists. All of the work is original, not just copied from existing paintings.  Rather like the ancient tradition where artists designed historical tapestries that were then woven by artisans, the artists haven’t woven their tapestries but they’ve been made in collaboration with studios using mainly the Jacquard weaving processes. The resulting exhibition has a breadth of styles, colours and subjects that is a wonderful refection of what contemporary textiles can be.

Nomadic Murals; Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets is on view from April 24th – October 21st 2018 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art,

www.bocamuseum.org/nomadic-murals.