Textile Artists

Contemporary textile artists often seek to challenge traditional values and conventions, and that can make their work unique, aesthetically stimulating and

Free motion embroidery creates a lot of scrap threads. I don’t throw them out and incorporate them in my art work. Here are a few tips on how to reuse them.

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Mirjam Gielen Textile Artist on Instagram

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I finished it yesterday- close up of 'grasses by the canal' 11cm x 31cm. Paint and dye on calico. Hand stitched. 3 layers of fabric. Whole thing- but long and thin so difficult for photos. I tried to capture the bright light of summer and dappled shadows - something to work on ( next time, next time) I am pleased with it but always there is knowledge that it could be better and that is the drive that keeps me working! Hot summer days here- no rain for the garden. Meals eaten outside on the…

Lesley Wood, Furnished with Memories (detail) When Lesley Wood inherited her mother's cross stitch stash and tried to replicate her own fine art paintings on fabric, she was frustrated that her stitches were thick and clumsy. Not to be deterred, she joined her local Embroiderers' Guild, and in a few short years became an award winning textile artist.

Mirjam Gielen Textile Artist on Instagram: "Stitching satin stitch ‘bubbles’ on cochineal dyed linen with cochineal dyed threads. This is the kind of project that involves many hours of doing more or less the same thing (it’s going to be a 3D object). That’s very different from the coral reef piece (see previous posts) where there is constant variation but also a constant appeal to come up with new ideas. So this is actually quite relaxed, like a vacay for my creative brain 😊 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷…