Sarah Swett

Sarah Swett spins, knits, laughs, paints and weaves tapestries in her studio in Moscow, Idaho. Her work travels extensively to shows across the country and, in magazines and books, around the world. Her book Kids Weaving, published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang, NY, will be in bookstores in October, 2005.

All images and informations © Sarah Swett

Nancy Nicholson

 She trained graphic design at Maidstone College of Art, and went on to study fine art textiles for her masters degree at The Royal College of Art. Also  she has been designing in paper and card.Her  recent range of interactive stationery and sew kits uses her own designs as well as taking inspiration from her late mother Joan Nicholson’s work, produced in the 1960s and 1970s.

All images © nancy nicholson

her blog: http://nancynicholson.blogspot.co.uk/

Heike Weber

While visiting Turkey, german artist Heike Weber was fascinated by the kilim – the turkish word for carpet – and created this silicone carpet series, currently adorning the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Bahnhof Rolandseck in Remagen. The familiar characteristics of the orient manifest themselves as patterns that are carefully reproduced in stringy white silicone and carry the immanent culture of the east with them.

All images © Heike Weber

Contemporary Embroidery: Hinke Schreuders

Hinke Schreuders is a Dutch textile artist, she layers old, often black and white images of women in their associated traditional female roles and then laces them with a very contemporary form of embroidery.Dutch artist Hinke Schreuders works feature

classic fashion photography and film icons. She photo transfers the images and then embroiders into the surface. Hinke Schreuders’ stitches on paper explore the female role model of the fifties.

 The Amsterdam based artist creates mixed media works using newspapers, magazine, fabric and thread. I love her use of abstract patterns that give a modern twist to fashion images that are most likely from the 1940s/1950s. The artist's website has more images and information so please check it out. 

http://www.hinkeschreuders.nl/wordpress/

http://www.sudsandsoda.com/