Our Textile Artists
Laura Butt
Laura transforms images into fabric through the use of layers and free motion embroidery.
Currently Laura is combining her love of maps and textile; creating textile maps which you see here today. In the maps she uses the pleasure she takes from looking at and working with fabric and colour; combining the two so they compliment each other, the area and reflect the emotion of the piece. Laura uses satellite images, OS maps, local and historical maps, as well as ‘walking research’ initially to research the place.
She then chooses fabric and thread before layering the fabric like a collage. Once the fabric is down, she uses free motion embroidery to add detail and texture. Free motion embroidery is much like using a pencil, however the needle is static and it is the fabric that moves.
Laura chooses the locations from the walks she takes around this beautiful county as well as commissions of peoples special places.
Lindsay Buck
Lindsay is one of our lovely illustrators.
Based in rural North Dorset, Lindsay creates joy through a wide range of bright, colourful, and fun items all with a touch of whimsy. Inspired by the surrounding countryside, patterns and designs are eclectic and quirky, bringing a sense of joy to the everyday through unique homewares, jewellery,and gifts.
Pip White
Pip White was born and brought up in Salisbury. Her love of art and crafts have been an enduring aspect of her life from an early age when she was first taught to paint and draw by her grandfather.
It has only been recently her discovery of needle felting has allowed her to explore her talent in a very unique way. Her use of fibre forms an illusion of water colour or pastels and allows her to create landscapes and coastal scenes mainly from the south-west of England.
The works are lovingly made mainly from Merino fleece, which is a particularly fine wool fibre, but also from more exotic fibres such as yak and silk as well as man-made natural fibres such as Tencel. The scenes are created from photographs of well-known landscapes and coastal views.
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