Remodelista contributing editor Justine Hand became an instant fan of Mister Finch when she discovered his work on Etsy a while back. The two struck up a m
Welcome to Textile Talk, a new Podcast from the School of Stitched Textiles. Get the latest textile news & hear from leading textile artists.
While working in the world of high fashion, Jenny McIlhatton was exposed to many exciting and extraordinary ways of working with fabrics. And experimental
At Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg you can admire how artistic woven and knotted products can be – and how they can grace installations, canvases and house façades. The “Art & Textiles” exhibition featuring works from Beuys to Richter is more than merely another thread in the argument.
For many years, Annemieke Mein's art was dismissed as craft, but now the textile artist's work is the feature of a major exhibition celebrating the work she has created throughout her lifetime.
Inge Jacobsen uses embroidery to personalise mass produced imagery, a process she describees as 'hijacking'. Find our more in our latest interview.
Australian artist Nike Savvas recently premiered many of her new works in a solo exhibition, entitled Liberty and Anarchy, at Leeds Art Gallery in the UK.
In his fourth solo show, world renowned South African ceramic artist Andile Dyalvane pays homage to his ancestors with a large-scale selection of sculptural ceramic seating, premiering at Southern Guild in Cape Town from 10 December 2020 and at Friedman Benda in New York City in June 2021.
Textile Artist Lorraine Roy talks to us about her love of natural sciences, developing an artist voice and how to succed as an artist.
OIDFA congress - the exhibition of modern lace
Rio de Janeiro native Ernesto Neto is often quoted as saying, “I am sculpture and think as sculpture.” Neto’s been exhibiting internationally since the 1990s, and the artist’s latest biomorphic work is a natural evolution of that oft-cited quote, tailored to the spaces each piece inhabits. From a distance, these new, vibrant installations appear as though they grew inside these walls organically. But Neto’s work isn’t meant to be enjoyed from afar.
An enormous, cascading installation of crocheted fabric strips stretches across a cavernous gallery in Ernesto Neto’s newest exhibition.
Read At the 16th International Architecture exhibition La Biennale di Venezia with the title FREESPACE to mark her participation in THIS IS NOT A SHIRT we met Anna
Paul Makovsky speaks to the renowned designer about her colorful world, the collaborative and creative scene of L.A. in the ’60s and ’70s, and the power of the pencil.
The artist’s new works call to mind both Caravaggio’s red-blooded religious iconography and Mapplethorpe’s starkly beautiful nudes.
Best known for her giant spider sculptures, the artist explored patriarchy, motherhood and what it meant for women to be subjects rather than objects of art. A major exhibition at Bilbao’s Guggenheim reveals the power of her Cells series
Aron Demetz crée des images qui mêlent cohérence et décomposition. Elles sont à la fois métaphores du manque et figuration du plein voire du trop plein. Nous sortons du réel pour atteindre une poésie violente sans concession, manière d’agir sur le moteur de l’être et surtout ses ratés. Aron Demetz n’est dupe de rien et par…
I am quite morbidly excited about this. Currently on display at the V&A Waterfront is Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life: The Original Exhibition. It’s a collec…
An exhibit of contemporary Indigenous beadwork that organizers say is the largest ever curated in North America will be on display at Regina’s MacKenzie Art Gallery until late August.
An authentic artwork to wear, this silk scarf belongs to the Art Therapy project fashion designer Elio Fiorucci asked artist Lia Bosch to join. The print, provides the observer with an intrusive viewpoint on an erotic encounter between two lovers, extending an invitation to the viewer to reflect on the spheres of lust and tenderness coexisting in love. The scarf was exhibited at the 2014 Milan Fashion Week.
By Patricia Belyea WAUCONDA WA After I delivered my book manuscript, I was drained. It took me months to get back into the studio and create something new. The first intriguing quilt top I made was simple—a grid of blue yukata cotton squares with some inserted curved elements. The most important aspect of the project was that I got started. I made SOMETHING. Not a masterpiece but it got me engaged in thinking of another way to play with quilt design. So here’s what I've been up to for the last 15 months—Big Grids with Inserted Curves—leapfrogging from one idea to the next: SETTING A CLEAR COURSE TO THE STARSThis is Numero Uno—the first in the series. Note that the Inserted Curves land on the seams of the Big Grid. Someone mentioned that this quilt design looks like the universe—hence the name of the quilt. HANAMI (FLOWER VIEWING) The Inserted Curves of my second quilt top again land on the seam lines. This time the yukata cotton colors in the background contrast more—creating a checkerboard pattern in the Big Grid. Once there is stitching in the creamy white floral areas, the design will be more resolved. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE There’s a saying in Japan: You can’t catch a catfish with a bottle gourd. Essentially this means that something just can’t be done. The Big Grid background of this quilt top is made with squares of indigo-over-dyed yukata cotton. Breakthrough—the Inserted Curves (bottle gourd shapes) float and don’t align with seams! I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVERThe salmon-colored morning glory fabric in the Big Grid inspired this outrageous Inserted Curves design with infinity loops. I purposely drew the loops different sizes to avoid the proverbial question: What template did you use? ON TARGETTwo wonky circles transect the background squares of bold yukata cottons. Yes, I actually sewed the Big Grid together and then opened up the seams about 4 inches to tuck in the ends of each Inserted Curves segment. ZEN VENN I purchased four bolts of yukata cotton that surprised me. Only the first meter of each bolt was patterned (with a silkscreened motif) and the remaining yardage was solid colored. I made the Big Grid out of the solids and created a Venn-like diagram using the silkscreened iris for the Inserted Curves. FLOWERS IN THE SKY Flowers in the sky, in Japan, refers to the images a person sees with cataracts. Once I finished the Inserted Curves of the colorful central design, I knew I wanted something more. So I echoed the form with another floral shape plus leaves, and inserted them into the indigo-over-dyed Big Grid. ROOM FOR ONE MORE At Houston Quilt Market last year, I met Tina Hilton of Turtle Hand Batiks. Enthusiastic Tina sent me home with some of her global fabrics to try. This Inserted Curves quilt top is more sculptural in style. The theme comes from when I was pregnant with my second daughter, anticipating her arrival. BOUNCE FORWARDBoth the yukata cottons in this Big Grid quilt top are from my private stash. I wanted just a touch of Inserted Curves, so I made skinny red lines for the curved forms. I almost added a large persimmon-colored circle to the top right quadrant. After a good night’s sleep, I changed my mind as I liked the integrity and motion of this composition. FINISHING THE INSERTED CURVES SERIES My vision is to create 21 quilts in this series. I look forward to seeing where my creative journey will take me and what the twenty-first quilt will look like! Details for the finishing: backs will be made with yukata cottons, batting will be Hobbs Tuscany Silk, stitching will be by machine with the Baby Lock Sashiko 2 (it makes dashed stitches!) using Aurifil 12 wt. cotton thread. When will I be finished? My estimate would be in two years. MORE INSERTED CURVES! To see my progress on this project three months later +click here
It is a big year for Kay Sekimachi. In September, the fiber artist, whose pieces are in the permanent collections of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, turns 95. Before that, “Kay Sekimachi: Geometries” bows at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
