Jae Maries is a member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists and uses a variety of media including oil paints, printing and hand and machine stitching. She often stitches the surface before applying oil paint. Jae uses simple hand stitch and straight machine stitch that is used in a functional rather than decorative manner, and holds fabrics together. Her inspiration comes from the world around her. She draws inspiration from figures in the environment and her travels.
I particularly like Gathering (detail above) depicting a group of people at a party or exhibition.
This relates to the module not only because of the stitch detail but to my final piece where I have joined fabric with stitch. Also the manner in which the piece hangs. It is bold and evokes a sense of fun and togetherness. This contrasts with the muted colours of the next work.
In this detail of her work 'Turbulent Seas' I particularly like the textures achieved and the feeling of the waves crashing around. The texture formed by stitch is disrupting the marks. This work relates to module 6 and is telling the story of an English Fishing Port. It described the peak of the fishing industry and its subsequent decline.
Barbara Lee Smith
Barbara works with fabric, machine stitch, printing and painting. She fuses layers together with heat. Barbara is an American artist and teacher, who have exhibited widely and internationally. Her work is inspired by the landscape around her - sea, sky and land. Barbara works in an abstract and representational manner.
Barbara describes how she sees 'beauty in the mess' and this struck me as pertinent to this module, trying to see beyond the mess humans are making in the environment and seeing the beauty of nature. She also has stated she fears that the earth may cease to exist and hopes her works will help people to see and care.
South Jetty
It is fascinating to watch how she approaches her art and builds the layers and there is a great clip of Barbara talking about her work and showing her methods on her website here. I was particularly interested in how she stitches the layers using topographical lines on the reverse of the work.
Caroline Dunn
Caroline Dunn is a mixed media artist, although she works mainly with textiles.
She uses fabrics and machine stitch to reflect her love and interest in the landscape and birds. Her inspiration comes from her home in the Yorkshire Dales and the surrounding landscapes. Caroline is particularly inspired by the changing seasons, the weather and the light.
Winter Landscape in the Dales
Crows in a Summer Landscape
I particularly like the tonal colouring and the way the machine stitch and fabrics are blended with paints and also, the abstract compositions. Caroline uses natural fabric for her background layer which is then painted and dyed before being embellished with applique, and hand and machine stitch.
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