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Sue Spooner interview: Weave tapestry

Cornwall based artist Sue Spooner developed a love for weaving in her post graduate year at Goldsmiths College. Sue creates stunning weave tapestries using hand-dyed yarns which are coloured with her own dye recipes developed over years of experimentation. In ...

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Ali Ferguson interview: Stitching stories

Ali Ferguson is a textile artist who works from her studio in Roslin. In The Purple Thread Shed she designs and produces contemporary stitched textile art for sale, exhibition and commission. Recently she has turned her attention to wooden art and wearables ...

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Caroline Bell Interview: Eco printing

Textile artist Caroline Bell’s work focuses on sustainability, often using locally sourced, second-hand and upcycled fabrics. She is inspired by the natural world, and where possible uses natural dyes, mordants and mark making materials. Caroline studied Sti ...

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Lesley Richmond: The intersection between craft & art

We were introduced to Lesley Richmond’s work when we were researching our recent article about nature-inspired artists. Originally from Cornwall in England, Lesley trained as an art teacher at Middlesex University and Western Washington University. For 3 ...

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Heather Pickwell: Rope Sculpture

Sculpter, artist and teacher Heather Pickwell lives and works in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. She is a part of the East Coast Fine Art Group of regional artists and her work is often made with natural materials including rope, wool and charcoal. Here Heat ...

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Isabel Foster: A lifelong textile love affair

Delightfully bright, bold and bizarre textiles will be on display as part of The Challenge of Colour, the retrospective exhibition of flamboyant 92 year old artist Isabel Foster. The huge body of her lifetime’s work shows a devotion to thread, colour and th ...

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Anne Honeyman Interview: Fragility, fluidity & structure

Yorkshire based artist Anne Honeyman’s multi-disciplined technique specialises in free machine embroidery. She also draws upon a wide range of other skills including paper making, felting, hand embroidery, dyeing and metalwork. Themes explored within Anne’ ...

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Velda Newman interview: Colour, shape & texture

Velda Newman is a renowned quilt artist, writer and lecturer hailing from Northern California. She has become well-known for her exquisite craftsmanship in creating beautiful quilts, which are normally large scale and organic. As well as being exhibited intern ...

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Exhibition review: Tide Marks – Alice Fox

Textile artist Alice Fox is inspired by the natural world and detail of organic things. In 2012 she was the artist in residence at Spurn Point National Nature Reserve where where she developed her work based on coastal landscapes. Here, regular TextileArtist.o ...

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Heather Collins: Landscapes and seascapes

Award-winning Heather Collins is a textile artist inspired by landscapes and seascapes, especially those of her native Sussex. We came across her work when we were researching our article about textile artists who find inspiration in the natural world. She cr ...

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