4: Fiber Art
Textile art, and/or fiber art, however we can end up terming it, 'tis a favorite. And shares a trait with the mediums I have most used/loved to this point, which is that it is a highly accessible way of working that can nonetheless be complicated/refined/made weird into infinity. (Lots of examples in that first link.)
Today a brief interview with fiber artist Ruth Miller, who makes large-scale (certainly for embroidery) fiber portrait works. Like so:
Today a brief interview with fiber artist Ruth Miller, who makes large-scale (certainly for embroidery) fiber portrait works. Like so:
The video mostly discusses how she came to be doing this kind of work, but also gives glimpses into how a piece is built up: