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February 13, 2017 In Art, Textile Art

Calling all Tapestry Artists

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Tapestries featured in ARTAPESTRY4, from left: Sarah Perret, ‘Le Colosse Transi’ ; Lisa Thurner, ‘Warmth of Sorrow’; Petra Kolinova, ‘The Week of a Housewife’

 

The ETF (European Tapestry Forum) was set up by tapestry artists to ‘encourage the continuing development of the art of tapestry weaving.’ They are currently calling for entries for it’s fifth European Tapestry Triennial exhibition – ARTAPESTRY5 which is open to all professional tapestry artists who live in Europe. The exhibition opens on 13th January 2018 in Denmark and finishes a year later in Latvia – offering fantastic exposure to any featured artist. The deadline is 31st of March 2017 and you can download the application form at  www.tapestry.dk

 

February 6, 2017 In Art, Textile Art

A glimpse behind the scenes at Jilly Edwards’ studio

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Jilly’s studio and tapestries Between and Beyond the Walls, Cotton warp, wool, cotton and linen weft, 2015.

 

When it comes to tapestry weaving there are various types of loom but Jilly Edwards prefers a scaffolding loom due to the flexibility in height and tensioning. While she has worked in shared studios in the past she now has her own studio at home.

“Having your own space, where ever that is, that you can walk out of at the end of a day and leave to return to the next day (just as you left it) is magical”

 

 

 

January 23, 2017 In Art, Textile Art

Carolyn Halliday

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American fibre artist Carolyn Halliday is our featured artist this week. When asked why she chose textiles as a medium she replied:

” The inherent sense of texture, the handcrafted nature, and the rich cultural traditions of textiles are deeply appealing to me.  The dismissive concept of “women’s work” serves as a reason to emphasise and elevate the domesticity of textiles and knitting.” 

Carolyn often uses the same colour palette which gives her collected works cohesion yet her variation of scale and subject matter allows her art to constantly evolve and be relevant.

January 16, 2017 In Textile Art

January exhibition

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Images: Louise Saxton working on ‘After Vermeer c.1665’; Caroyln Halliday installing ‘My Father’s Religion, Jilly Edwards and one of her tapestries in progress

 

Our first exhibition for 2017 again shows the wonderful diversity of textiles. The sheer wealth of techniques and materials available in this genre lead to some outstanding work in the creative hands of our featured artists Louise Saxton, Carolyn Halliday and Jilly Edwards. Visit their profile pages on this site to find out more.

January 9, 2017 In Art, Textile Art

J. Bruce Wilcox

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J. Bruce Wilcox: Sacred Crossing 5; Sacred Crossing 3; Untitled and Dance Floor

 

 

J. Bruce Wilcox defines his work as: Chaos AND Order. Randomness AND Structure. He’s been interested in textiles since he learned to sew when he was eight, but a watershed moment was in the 1970s when he was dressing a window with quilt tops for a department store, ‘[I] stepped outside and realised I could make much bigger art,’ he recalls. He has been creating art ever since. Although the work here are quilts it’s art that is his main focus

“I’m an artist making art- not a quilter making quilts”

His latest exhibition is at The North Gallery @ SPARK, in Denver Colorado from January 12th – February 5th.

For more information visit www.jbrucewilcox.com

 

December 19, 2016 In Art, Textile Art

Latest work by Brita Been

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Three tapestries by Brita Been. clockwise from left: Heritage, 2016, 250 x 275 cms; Woven Embroidery, completed in 2015, 430 x 190 cm; Work in Progress

 

 

We recently caught up with Norwegian tapestry artist Brita Been to find out about her latest work which is a series called Heritage. Brita took inspiration from Telemark in Norway as she explains.

 

 

“Telemark has strong, rich traditions in several areas within its´ folk art. This series of tapestries takes inspiration from embroidered stockings and shirts, and is known as Rose Embroidery. The stockings from the female folk costume ”Beltestakken”, are extravagantly decorated with embroidery on the outside of the lower leg, with fantastic colour combinationes on black wool felt, and on white linen on the front of shirts.   I wanted to show this beautiful Rose Embroidery by weaving my own interpretation in large wall tapestries. The series is a tribute to womens work and their creative abundance represented in folk art.”

 

 

The tapestry shown on the loom is being completed any day now and will be exhibited from 14th January until 26th February at Skien kunstforening, Ibsenhuset, Skien, Norway.

For more information about Brita, read our interview with her www.textilecurator.com and visit www.britabeen.no