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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. 

 

September 3, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Marta Santos in her studio

    

Marta Santos lived in Madrid until the early 1990s and then in Paris, New York and Toulouse before settling in Marseille in the South of France.

If you are in the area in late September take a visit to her inspiring workshop which is open on September 28,29,30 as part of the OAA 20th edition in Marseille.

For more information visit  www.marta-santos.com

 

August 20, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Weaving New Worlds exhibition

           

Credits from top left: Ripples and Ribes by Jennie Moncur; New World by Jilly Edwards; Kim by Pat Taylor; The Challenge by Caron Penney; Reflections On the Other Side by Miyuki Tatsumi; Brittle, Little and The Brutal Truth by Tonje Hoydahl Sorli; Regeneration by Barbara Heller.

 

I’ve wanted to visit the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow London since it opened in 2012 and it exceeded expectations. Housed in the beautiful Georgian house that William lived in from 1834 – 1896 it features a comprehensive history of his stunning work that covered everything from wallpaper, tiles, stained glass and embroidery.  The collection shows how influential he still is today and his adage “have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or be beautiful,” is particularly relevant and still regularly quoted.

Another reason to visit is the ‘Weaving New Worlds,’ exhibition which is on display until 23rd September. Curated by Lesley Millar 16 tapestries by different women artists cover themes such as urban decay, the New York grid system and drunk driving. My only slight criticism is I don’t really see why the artists have to be women, it could have been non gender specific. Apart from that to see so many high quality pieces in one room is such a rarity and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Weaving New Worlds is on until 23rd September and is open Wed – Friday 10am – 5pm and is free.