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September 24, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Quilt artist Anne Hammond

Anne Hammond in her studio and at an exhibition.

The mediative process of many textile techniques often allows the work to develop while it is being created. Anne Hammond whose quilts are inspired by geometric shapes and lines often  works on a series and quilts and it’s fascinating to see the similarities on her themes. Visit her profile page here to see here quilts or visit her website for more details about her work and her numerous awards brokenladderquilt.com

 

September 17, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Alex Friedman

  

 

For anyone who has tried tapestry weaving the anticipation and excitement of cutting the tapestry off the loom after days, weeks, months or even years of weaving never ceases to be a memorable event. Here is Alex Friedman’s tapestry Shift being woven with the cartoon behind, and then waiting to be finished, which involves dealing with the long strands of wool, hemming and preparing the tapestry to be hung.

To find out more about Alex visit her profile page or visit www.alexfriedmantapestry.com

September 10, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Jacquard Tapestry Exhibition

 

From top left: Gypsy Fortune Teller, Kehinde Wiley, 2007; Guernica, Hank Willis Thomas, mixed media (sports jerseys) 2017;  Mask Series, Havana, Alexandre Arrechea, 2016; Tra la terra e il cielo (between heaven and earth) Alighiero Boetti

‘Nomadic Murals; Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets’, is a fantastic exhibition showing over 40 tapestries and carpets from different artists. All of the work is original, not just copied from existing paintings.  Rather like the ancient tradition where artists designed historical tapestries that were then woven by artisans, the artists haven’t woven their tapestries but they’ve been made in collaboration with studios using mainly the Jacquard weaving processes. The resulting exhibition has a breadth of styles, colours and subjects that is a wonderful refection of what contemporary textiles can be.

Nomadic Murals; Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets is on view from April 24th – October 21st 2018 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art,

www.bocamuseum.org/nomadic-murals. 

 

September 3, 2018 In Art, Textile Art

Marta Santos in her studio

    

Marta Santos lived in Madrid until the early 1990s and then in Paris, New York and Toulouse before settling in Marseille in the South of France.

If you are in the area in late September take a visit to her inspiring workshop which is open on September 28,29,30 as part of the OAA 20th edition in Marseille.

For more information visit  www.marta-santos.com