Averil Stuart-Head

She is a Textile/Fibre/Mixed Media Artist, art workshops in painting, fiber art, quilt art, mixed media, felting, collage, taught in a medieval Italian mountain village Introdacqua . She also   like to  experiment   with   different     photo transfer technique's, dyeing wool and felting it into art pieces.    Much  of her work includes the process of layering and she get a good deal of satisfaction from building up texture. She loves that time has marked, peeled, rusted and corroded the surface, similar to the facade of a old painted wall or an old relic, creating an effect that is rich in colour, texture and history. 

Through the use of multi-layered techniques, She likes to peel back the layers as if going back through the passage of time. "This provides contrast and interest and allows the viewer to explore the composition past the immediately obvious central themes..."( that what she says)

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Averil Stuart-Head

Her links: http://www.averilstuarthead.com/

http://avesrave.blogspot.co.uk/

http://artfibredesignz.blogspot.co.uk/

Lorraine Roy

Raised in rural South western Ontario, Lorraine Roy completed a B.Sc. in Horticultural Sciences before opting for a career in art textiles. Originally devoted to hand-embroidery, she later developed a unique form of machine collage that permits her to ‘paint’ with fabric. This technique incorporates a mixture of machine sewing, collage, embroidery and quilting, integrating thousands of bits of fabric and threads with fine transparent tulle and machine stitching. Each piece is one of a kind. Lorraine makes large scale wall pieces on commission, teaches workshops in textile technique, and is a speaker on various topics related to art practice. Her works are featured in collections throughout Canada and abroad. Lorraine shares her home and studio in Dundas with her husband, Janusz Wrobel, fine art photographer.

 For just over 20 years, Lorraine Roy has been working with textiles in non-traditional ways. Originally devoted to hand-embroidery, she later developed a unique form of machine collage that permits her to 'paint' with fabric. By using a unique mixture of techniques like sewing, collage, embroidery and quilting, she integrates thousands of bits of fabric and threads with fine transparent tulle and machine stitching. The sumptuous results combine her passion for science and spirituality while exploring the earthy origins and surprising versatility of fabrics and threads.

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