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Maria Thomas – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of textile artist Maria Thomas.

Maria creates stunning mixed-media artwork, with materials from a collection of pre-loved cloth and discarded domestic packaging & objects. In this video Maria shares the stories behind her artwork and explains the design steps she takes when starting a new piece of work. 

Catch up with Maria and her stunning artwork at Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace 2021.

embroidered mixed media collars by Maria Thomas
Embroidered mixed-media collars by Maria Thomas
embroidered mixed media collars
Collars

Maria is available for Workshops, Talks and offers City and Guilds qualifications in Textiles and Embroidery.

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Hannah Lamb – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of textile artist Hannah Lamb.

Hannah Lamb is a textile artist, lecturer & author, based in West Yorkshire. She works with a range of textile processes, including stitch, print & fabric manipulation, creating textile artworks from an intimate scale to larger installation works.

Her creative practice focusses on recording a sense of place through careful observation & material investigation.

Catch up with Hannah and her stunning artwork at Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace 2021.

Embroidered aprons by
Embroidered aprons
House shape covered in a fan of cloth made from an old striped cotton tea cloth by Hannah Lamb
House

Hannah’s first solo book, Poetic Cloth; Creating Meaning in Textile Art, was published by Batsford (2019) – and is available to purchase here: https://amzn.to/3pFS0X0

Poetic Cloth Book

Hannah Lamb gained a BA (Hons.) Embroidery (2001) and MA Textiles (2010) from Manchester Metropolitan University. She has lectured in embroidery and design at Bradford School of Art (Bradford College) since 2004, where she is currently Programme Leader for Textiles. Hannah exhibits nationally and internationally and is an exhibiting member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists.

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Richard Box – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of textile artist Richard Box.

Richard originally trained as a painter and uses this training to build up rich surfaces in his textile artwork. His ‘collage & stitch’ layering method is informed by a process associated with Impressionism. 

Watch as Richard demonstrates a project – Blackberries & Spider’s Web – using layers of coloured cloth & stitch – then demonstrates how to ‘draw’ with the sewing machine. Filming took place just as we came out of lockdown in July 2021 so Richard is wearing a face mask during filming. 

Whilst at Goldsmiths’ School of Art he was taught embroidery by Constance Howard.  Richard is an author, painter & art historian.

Catch up with Richard and his stunning artwork at The Festival of Quilts 2021.

Richard Box - 'Honeysuckles' embroidery - created using Impressionist principles - dabs of coloured cloth built up to create the artwork
‘Honeysuckles’ embroidery by Richard Box – influenced by Impressionism principles – ‘dabs’ of coloured cloth built up to create the artwork.
'Honeysuckles' painting by Richard Box - created using Impressionist principles - dabs of coloured paint built up to create the artwork
‘Honeysuckles’ painting by Richard Box

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