contemporary african textile art
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I've been getting the embroidery itch lately - a deep desire to pick up some cloth and stitch! It's been quite awhile since I've done any, knitting taking a forefront in my fibers work lately. So while looking at contemporary embroidery artists, I came across UK artist Dorothy Tucker. Her works are inspired/informed by the Bangladesh and Bengali embroidery form of Kantha. Pieces of old fabric (like sari silks) are pieced together with stitching to form cushions and quilts. Dorothy uses found fabrics and a running stitch to both draw them together and draw pictures. In her artist statement, she also talks about using digital prints of landscapes, adding layers of fabric and areas of stitching, in creating her works. It was this that got my imagination going! I'm just beginning work on a piece using these techniques - it should be ready to show you in a week or two! And I may have finally found something to do with the old botanical print files I've been collecting! In the meantime, be sure to check out Dorothy's work at the Textile Study Group here. And she does give workshops in Kantha - the classes for 2017 appear to be finished, but keep an eye on her page here for next year. Happy Creating! Deborah
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Mary's beautiful composition of painted Bondaweb, newspaper, foils, gilding flake and jewel dots - and seaweed! Every now and the...
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A list of the best embroidery artists on Instagram.
'Mesmerising flesh', by Tamara Kostianovsky is an abettor of sumptuous fabric carcasses with guts of tropical foliage inhabited by incredible birds. Created from clothing Tamara explains that this medium was affordable to her as a student and the fabric often came from clothing she had accidental shrunk in the wash. The 'carcasses' are suspended and rotate along a runner so they are viewed from all angles and are redolent of a fashion show. These pieces are rich, sumptuous and equally compelling and horrifying just like real carcasses. “I grew up in Argentina during time of dictatorship, so these works for me are made with political intention to denounce the influence of that dictatorship on the female body,”
Body Architecture 2.0, explores the possibilities of designing unique types of wearables for different natural and artificial environments.
Lauren DiCioccio is an amazing embroiderer and sculptor, her series sewnnews applies unusual colors and shapes in a painterly way to bring new life to the familiar aesthetic of the newspaper. She …
