Jo Smith tells us about her experience of teaching textile to talented children on the National Art & Design Saturday Club and why she believes this initiative is of the upmost value for encouraging young adults to explore their creative instincts and nurture their innate talent.

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Fleur Andreas is a member of The Society of Designer Craftsmen and The West Surrey Guild of Spinners, Weavers and…
Anne is an artist, tutor and author living and working in Kent and exhibiting and teaching both in the UK…
TextileArtist.org are delighted to welcome back Ann Goddard as a featured artist. Ann works very much on the margins of textile practice and her creations exist in a zone somewhere between fine art and craft. Here we showcase a selection of Ann’s work.
Reineke Hollander creates textile inspired art (paintings, sculptures and assemblages). In our interview with this fascinating artist, she explains why she doesn’t consider herself a textile artist ‘per se’ and how she extends the life of ‘found’ objects.
Many leading textile artists, such as Carol Naylor and Sue Stone use the sewing machine either alone or in combination…
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