Own a piece of original textile art! The non for profit organisation Studio Art Quilt Associates has over 400 quilts to bid for including Celebration by Danish artist Jette Clover whom I’ve interviewed on this site, read it here. To bid for pieces visit www.saqa.com/auction
Alicja’s textile interpretation and photograph of her own drawer.
Be part of an amazing textile art installation!
We all have those drawers that contain those useful things that even if you don’t use them often, you can’t bear to part with. Polish artist Alicja Kozlowska wants to recreate these in textiles to see “a global view of the diversity and individuality of people around [her].”
“Each of us lives differently, looks different, but there are things that connect everyone around the world. Undoubtedly, there are many common parts, universal for all the people. I was looking for everyday items, and in a sense, intimate items. I wanted to present the characteristics of ordinary inhabitants of our planet but in an unusual way. Show how different we are and how similar we are at the same time.
My project is a study of different drawers, interpreting different personalities and showing different parts of the world. My drawers will be made using many techniques, included in the term of the broadly understood “artistic fabric”, which will undoubtedly give them originality and emphasize the uniqueness of this field of art.”
To find out how to take part in project i.d visit www.alicesidea.com
These wonderful images are from some of the 2021 graduates from the 3 year BA Textile Design course at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
These talented textile artists have such thoughtful concepts behind there work I’ll let you check out their Instagram posts to find out more. From left:
Andrea Cavegn https://www.instagram.com/andrea.cavegn/
Hannah Egger https://www.instagram.com/hannaegger_/
Nina Orgui https://www.instagram.com/ninaorgiu/
Anais Meyer https://www.instagram.com/hannaegger_/
Early Blooms (2019) Sunset Mat (2020)
Agar, Mica Powder Agar, Mica Powder
Sequin Snaps (2020) Linking Food Waste (2019)
Agar, Mica Powder Agar, Food Waste
Bio, digital, recycling and textile techniques combine in the fascinating art of Yi Hsuan Sung. Describing herself as a textile florist Yi Hsuan is from Taiwan but is now based in New York. The material she created comprises of agar, food waste and 3D printed moulds which she weaves and braids together to form beautiful bio-degradable flowers and pieces in organic colours and textures. For more information check out her website at https://yihsuansung.com
Congratulations to the graduates of the two year M.A in Textiles at The Royal College of Art in London. Here are some of the talented students (in order of their image clockwise from top left). Do check out their IG accounts or websites to see more of their exciting work.
Amy Tidmarsh
Red to Pink Net is part of Amy’s Active Textiles series which ‘looks at the way ‘we look at a moving body and it’s relationship to space.’
https://www.instagram.com/tidmarsh.studio/
Natsuki Hanyu
I’m Textile Monster ‘tells a story through a spiritual atmopshere without relying on words or letters. I breathe stories into materials.’
https://www.instagram.com/natsukihanyu/
Livia Papiernik
“I wish I was a flower is inspired by my desire to escape the feeling of constraint caused by the pandemic. It blurs the line between my real-life domestic setting and my imaginary world in which there are no limitations.” (Painted and embroidered on raw canvas. 181 x 151 cm )
https://www.instagram.com/liviaembroidery/
Chloé Rochefort
This is Problematic Event, bathtub overflowing mixed media sculpture.
https://www.chloerochefort.com
https://www.instagram.com/rochefort_chloe/
Woojin Joo
虎死留皮，人死留名。(When a tiger dies, it leaves behind its skin. When a man dies, he leaves behind his name). Embroidery on dissolvable fabric, IKEA bag.
https://www.instagram.com/woojinstudio/
It can be a bit of a struggle being a textile artist at times, so I researched associations that can help, either with guidance, support or just inspiration. SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates is based in USA but is open to all quilters and enthusiasts worldwide. I’m in no way affiliated with SAQA but thought their 5 reasons to join may be of interest. I hope you find them helpful!
