textile artist

Meet Sarah Lyte from Seven Hands, a Yorkshire-based artist who paints with wool and draws with a sewing machine.

Meet Liz Padgham-Major, known as The Accidental Stitcher – an embroidery artist based in East Sussex who creates hand-stitched jewellery, art and accessories that show a deep love of nature.

Meet Alexandra Keller from Rags and Tatters, a textile artist based in London who creates wonderful, whimsical heirloom creatures, soft sculptures and ‘fauxidermy’ animal heads from fabric.

Textile Art has spent a long time in the shadow of Fine Art but its status is now steadily being raised. Here we explore different types of textile art and look at some of the techniques practised by textile artists.

Textile artist Ruth Markwell makes pictures with fabric, print, thread and paint. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Ruth took redundancy and started looking at how she could create a business from her hobby. The result are fabulous and affordable framed fabric artworks. Discover more in our Meet the Maker interview…