As artists we don’t have to look far for inspiration. Nature in all its resplendent glory – and never far…
Author Archives: Jane Axell
Did you know that medieval embroidery can be humorous and a little risqué? Take a look at Tanya Bentham’s unique…
‘There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it.’ Andy Warhol In the eyes of textile artist Kate Whitehead,…
Can an artist be both fiercely determined and at the same time other-worldly? Olga Teksheva most certainly can. It’s no…
Just a few years ago Cassandra Dias was a mum of two young children, dabbling in a variety of crafts…
Inheriting her mother’s cross stitch threads wasn’t just the beginning of a new career for former art teacher Lesley Wood,…
Swift by name, swift by nature. If you watch textile artist Dionne Swift practising her free motion machine stitching, the…
Grasses, leaves and twigs may not be everyone’s idea of textile art, but through Kazuhito Takadoi’s eyes, there is nothing…
When are ceramics considered textile art? When they’ve been embroidered, naturally! Caroline Harrius isn’t a textile artist. She’s a ceramicist….
You’re a fan of stitch – by hand or machine. But, for most textile artists that’s not where the story…