Creating a textured landscape to represent skin can be easily achieved by layering a variety of materials to create a contoured surface within a chosen colour palette. Contrasting dense blocks of colour with layers of light reflective surfaces creates depth as light travels over the surface throughout the day. Fabrics offer a huge variety in texture, but other materials can be very effective.
Andrea Dezsö is a mixed media artist from New York whose work includes illustration, paper cutting, ceramics, mosaic more. Her 2006 series, Lessons from my
Creating a working environment that’s right for you can make a huge difference to your creative output. Christine Cunningham shares her tips for storage and organisation.
As a textile artist my work is created from recycled materials. I source from the usual places – car boot sales, charity shops, flea markets, freecycle, donations from family and friends. Household furniture can be a great source of inspiration, both old and new. Here are some tips to encourage you to recycle fabrics covering furniture before heading to the skip.
Making plastic garlands from freezer bags is a great way to upcycle waste. Find out how with Christine Cunningham!
Nerissa Cargill Thompson is a textile artist specialising in fibre art and sculpture. She investigates climate change and pollution issues via the development of her mixed media artworks and photography.
Kathy Halper is a multi-disciplinary artist whose embroidered portraits explored the emerging trend of private teenage moments being shared on social media.
Nicole O’Loughlin is an embroidery artist from Tasmania whose embroidered artworks tell fearless tales with dry humour and a sharp eye.
Mana Morimoto is an embroidery explorer from Tokyo, Japan. She makes the invisible visible by augmenting reality with threads.
Lottie Liggins is a UK-based hand embroiderer who uses found materials in combination with typographic stitching to create a modern nostalgia.
‘Beneath the Folds with Christine Cunningham’ explains how to create a Pelmet of Textile Panels- what you need, inspiration for colour and pattern, creating a template, themed fabrics, instruction on taping and stitching your textile panel and hanging rail.
Oliver Bliss is a Worcester-based embroidery artist whose recent “SoftLad” series of large-scale machine stitched tapestries explores the difference between social media images and the reality of modern manhood. Learn more about him in this Manbroidery interview on Mr X Stitch!