Owen Kelly shares some stories and traditional influences behind his distinctive and colourful 'flow stitching' hand embroidery. We hear about the memory skirt, the adventures of Seamus O'Comanssy, and the hand stitched 'quilt'. He chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.
From early beginnings knitting mohair jumpers for pocket money to working with major craft companies like Patons & Baldwins (now Coats Crafts), Sally McCollin has had an incredible journey in the textile industry. She shares insights into her commercial design work, editorial roles, teaching, and her passion for inspiring others through online embroidery courses, and textile art courses. She chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.
Elizabeth Ashdown is one of only 4 hand Passementerie artists working in the UK today. She combines traditional and endangered craft skills with a contemporary aesthetic to create innovative passementerie: tassels, braids, trimmings, and colourful contemporary textile art. She chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.
Ailish Henderson is a fine art textile artist, particularly known for her fine art stitched collage works, which focus on capturing a fleeting moment, telling the story with mixed media, paint, stitch and fabric snippets. She is also the author of 'Narrative Textiles', published by Batsford in October 2024. She chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.
Elnaz Yazdani creates vibrant contemporary textile art using rather unusual materials. Look closely for nails, springs, tubes, and all sorts from hardware and scrap stores. Elnaz loves working with community groups to re-imagine embroidery and spark creativity, helping people to find their artistic voice to tell their stories. She chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.
Jack Roberts is a fine artist, whose primary medium is freehand machine embroidery. He creates stitched art in abstract, flowing shapes, in bold colours. Jack chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast about his current focus on developing his daily stitched art practice and his ongoing search to fins balance in simplicity & complexity.
Alison Holt is a contemporary textile artist, teacher and author who combines silk painting with freehand machine embroidery to create beautiful landscapes. and glimpses of the natural world. Alison chats with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories textile art podcast about her current focus on developing her art practice and exploring new opportunities & challenges.
Caroline Hyde-Brown textile artist inspired by foraged plant materials shares her inspiring art practice and plant-based research with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories podcast. She chats about plant-based materials, Pea Grass research & extracting natural dyes from food waste!
Hannah Thompson textile artist and tutor shares the behind-the-scenes story of Stitching Kitchen with Susan Weeks on Stitchery Stories podcast. She chats about the factors that have made 2023 a truly transformational year for her creative business.