Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Rodrigo Franzão makes mixed media textile art influenced by geometric abstraction, figurative and constructivist art. Rodrigo currently lives and works in Abadiânia, where ...

They say ‘necessity is the mother of invention.’ Apparently, necessity can also birth a textile art vocation. As a young art student in the 90’s, Emma Cassi fell in love with fashion designer Dries ...

Velda Newman is a renowned quilt artist, writer and lecturer hailing from Northern California. She has become well-known for her exquisite craftsmanship in creating beautiful quilts, which are ...

Marjolein Burbank enjoys working with the soft texture of fabric. She embraces her vast experience of different cultures in her work. Here we learn more about her particular brand of fabric art. When ...

We first featured Korean artist June Lee’s compelling work in our article about mixed media textile artists. She creates brightly coloured thread and fabric sculptures that represent individuality and ...

Louise O’Hara is a professional mixed media artist. Her work explores the richness of light, the colour and the texture that she sees around. Often focusing on rugged northern landscapes with brooding ...

Willy Schut uses a combination of painting, appliqué and free hand machine embroidery to create mesmerising pieces of textile art. For several years now she has created work that has focused on the ...

Irma Frijlink makes two-dimensional artworks with textile components. Although her background is in traditional textile art, she currently uses a variety of mixed-media techniques; painting with ...

Following a childhood amidst political activists which led to a career as a banner maker, Emma Shankland has turned to hand embroidery as a slow and gentle contrast to narrate her observations in a ...

Freddie Robins is a Senior Tutor for Knitted Textiles and Reader in Textiles at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. She is known for her subversive knitting and embroidery which explore dark ...

Pippa Andrews’ path to becoming a textile artist was not straight-forward. But discouragement from others, a lack of support from school and a humiliating experience in a sewing class, didn’t stop her ...

Jessica Tang was born and raised in San Francisco and is now based in South San Francisco. She went to Mills college for her BA in Studio Art and has exhibited at SOMArts, The San Jose Museum of ...