Lesley Wildman’s Studio

 

It is well known that the path to becoming an artist can be long and through out which you often have to diversify. After studying glass, then turning to portraiture to help support her family, it wasn’t until Lesley Wildman opened a yarn shop that she turned to textiles. ” I fell in love with the textures and colours,” she explains. “I was able to play around with yarns and fabrics both recycled and top-end quality. I never gave up having a studio space even when it was shared so I was able to discover new ways of using threads.I started to experiment with the colours by hand dyeing my own yarns to create a colour palette similar to those I use in my painting.” Read the whole interview here.