Natalie Stopka is a New York based textile and book artist who is specialised in marbling and naturally dyed goods such as paper. Stopka’s pursuit into historical pattern making includes natural dying, extraction, marbling, printmaking and lake pigment. Its the dream like quality in Stopka’s work that attracted me in the first place. The minimal …
Kiva Motnyk is an artist and designer from San Francisco. Some aims within Motnyk’s work are to create beautiful and delicate objects for the home having a strong focus on experimentation in relation to textile art. Exploration into the interwoven connections between nature, art and industry through the process of conception, making and discovering of …
I’ve been looking into Robert Therrien’s work but in particular his exhibition at the TATE titled ‘objects and stories’ where he has experimented with materials, scale and has used a large selection of techniques to produce these works. Therrien shows everyday objects from a new angle focusing on the emotional connection we have with the …
Hepworth’s use of shape and line Is why I am so attracted and drawn to her work. The simplistic way in which the shape is formed and how it is is pleasing to the eye is just so magical to me. Also the way In which she removes shapes and creates holes within the objects/ …
Paloma Bosque is a Brazilian Contemporary artist who’s artworks are shaped around the ridged laws of physics and chemistry, whilst keeping an open mind towards change at the same time. The opacity of textures in a material or its pliability is what draws Bosques’ attention, as well as its weight and weightlessness. Once again the …
I have always had a keen interest in gardening from a young age but I have never really considered it to be an art from until I came across Jarman. This for me rurally helped push the boundaries of art and what it actually is and now looking back gardening is a massive art form …
Jackson Pollock was famous for his extremely abstract drip technique splashing paint around the canvas to create these incredible works of art. His bold choice of colour, texture and line is something else that attracted me to his work taking inspiration from his techniques and adapting them into a way that works well for both …
Nury Gonzalez is the director of Chile’s Museo de Arte Popular Americano (MPOA). Gonzalez has been working hard to expand its collection of latin American handcrafted artefacts. The Forgotten Fabric was a collaborative based artwork between Gonzalez and Lebanese artist Marwa Arsanios. Arsanios sent Gonzalez four curtain panels that had been removed by the artist …
Within Murillo’s work he uses a large variety of materials to produce his artworks such as latex, drift wood, textiles, old bank notes and dirt. These materials help Murillo achieve his distinctive abstract style displaying his gestural movements including large rips and varying surfaces showing the fragility and vulnerability of his work. Murillo coats the …
7th January 2022 After looking at Phyllida Barlow I decided to experiment and incorporate some colour. I wanted the colours to be bright, bold and vibrant much like Barlow’s work grabbing the attention of the viewer creating an automatic connection between the two. The colour is to represent the life that once was there and …