What happens when an artist spends three months walking a city with a camera before she touches a single piece of cloth? For Sayali Goyal, textile art begins with place: a street, a community, or a colour that refuses to leave her alone. Trained in textiles at University of the
There is only one collection of its kind in the world. Over 300 works of contemporary British embroidery and stitch-based textile art, assembled over more than six decades, each piece acquired directly from the artist. It is the life’s work of Diana Springall MBE, and it began, she tells Gail
Somewhere between the click of two knitting needles and the settling of a busy nervous system lies the heart of Mary Ann Gebhardt’s mindful knitting practice. A knitter, crocheter, yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner, Mary Ann has spent years noticing what happens in the body and mind when the hands
Jan Beaney’s machine embroidery begins long before a needle touches fabric. It starts in a sketchbook, with a scribble she would never show anyone else, built from a habit she calls simply looking, looking, looking. Beaney joined the 62 Group in 1963, within months of its founding, and is now
Victoria Merness’s photographic embroidery began with an ultimatum, not a plan. Partway through her master’s degree at the University of Salford, a tutor told her to choose, paint or stitch, never both on the same piece. She chose stitch, and has not looked back since. By the time that decision
What does it mean to use a sewing machine as a paintbrush? For Murron Fraser, a contemporary textile artist whose practice weaves together machine embroidery, printmaking, and hand-applied processes, the answer lies somewhere between nature, folklore, and the kind of uninhibited creative play that most adults forget they are allowed.
There is something quietly magical about seeing thread come to life. In this episode of Textile Talk, we welcome textile artist and creator of Nudinits Sarah Simi, whose work sits at a fascinating intersection of knitting, storytelling, and stop motion animation. Many will already know Sarah through her much-loved characters,
What does it look like to build a creative practice from a tiny island in the Chesapeake Bay? And how can structured study help transform that journey? In this episode of Textile Talk, we’re joined by American textile artist Holly Jackson, whose richly layered mixed media work draws on narrative,
In this episode of Textile Talk, we are joined by internationally respected textile and mixed media artist Wen Redmond, whose work sits at the intersection of photography, fibre, and digital experimentation. Based in New England in the United States, Wen has spent decades exploring how photography can be transformed through
There is something quietly compelling about embroidery that slows you down. It asks you to look longer, to notice small shifts in colour, texture and light. And few contemporary embroidery artists capture that sense of stillness as convincingly as Cassandra Dias. Working in thread-painted landscapes, Cassandra’s embroidery sits in an
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