Jagoda Buic: Converting fibers into architecture

Jacoda Buid is an artist, known for a series of innovative weaving projects that unfold into three-dimensional space and dominate due to their imposing size and coarse texture. Buic, together with Magdalena Abakanovicz, Sheila Hicks and other artists  is one of the most significant figures who contributed in the transformation of textiles and fibers, from a craft to a form of art. Through her work, Buic endeavors to find a balance between weaving and architecture, between massive volumes and sturdy textiles. The robust weavings of Buic are not only sculptural objects that somebody simply wants to look at, but textured object that someby wants to touch and feel.

International Textile Art Biennal (ITA) in Haacht, Belgium, (21/02- 01/03/15)

Textile artists from all over the world were invited to participate in the international Textile Art Biennal in Haacht, Belgium. The cultural event was organized by "Kunststichting Perspektief vzw", an art foundation who besides the International Textile Art Biennal also organizes the international ceramic biennal, the international glass biennal and the international paper art biennal. 

According to Maurice Van der Speeten (curator) there are many great national and international art textile artists and with this biennial they wanted to celebrate the art in particular and make sure the textile artists will continue to develop and evolve. 

Images from the exhibition opening 

photo credits: Anna-Maria Samara

    

  

Fabric Animal Sculptures by "mysouldesign"

Natalia Lubieniecka is Polish fabric artist living and working for the last 10 years in Austria (Vienna). Her work consists of mysterious owls, feathery spiders, embroidered birds, moths and other creatures most of them with wings. 

For the artist sewing is a form of self-reflection and a way for the soul to go back to childhood. As you can understand, her main inspiration comes from living nature, birds, insects and other animals. Materials which she uses for her work are antique fabrics, lace, buttons, old brooches and other jewelry.

Let’s see a selection of her unique work:

• Woodpecker, made of cotton, wire and thread. The whole bird is hand painted. The red mane and the vintage lace add character and uniqueness to the bird. Eyes are embroidered by hand.

Expressionist embroidered art by Tamar Tsouk

Tamar Tsouk is a textile artist, working with needles and threads on white canvas. As the artist itself declares, the needle is her paint brush and the threads are her pallete. This means that she is actually a skilled embroidery artist. Her main inspirations are the colorful landscapes, season changes and nature. 

During working process, by Tamar Tsouk.

The peculiar fairy tale creatures by Wandmade

Paulina (Wandmade) is a textile artist, not a writer. However, she has found her own way to create fantasy characters: she simply sews them. Her main inspiration comes from all the stories and fairy tales that she has read in her life and from nature. Apart from Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood she loves stories about witches and wizards and probably in the near future she will become one of them.  

Fairy tale creature by Wandmade.

Let’s meet her and get to know more about the peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures that she brings to life with her sewing machine. 

Outdoor art installation with fabrics hanged like laundry

An original art installation, with sheets hanged like laundry clothes, has been installed during Christmas 2014 in two narrow streets in the center of Thessalloniki, Greece. 

3-dimensional structures by Pippa Andrews

Pippa Andrews uses textile techniques to make 3-dimensional structures derived from organic and architectural forms. Frames, bridges, shelters, building facades, free-standing structures and cityscapes are probably the main source of inspiration for her work. 

• Hand printed fabric with channels sewn into it to hold painted wooden rods. The artwork was made it when the artist was researching ways to make a three dimensional forms that could be stored as a flat fabric. This is why this individual piece seems like a study on tents or ephemeral shelters. 

Contemporary fabric scraps applique

Contemporary applique artists have come up with numerous ideas, in order to keep and reuse even the most tiny and odd-shaped fabric pieces. Take a look at the following examples. 

• Felted wool bird over appliqued fabric bottles by Lou Tonkin.