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Inspiration and Talks

We have curated some of our favourite links here. Some could be for you to participate in and some just to inspire you!

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Textile Talk With Alison Whateley from the School of Stitched Textiles

Friday Feature Artist with Claire Benn from Fibre Arts Take Two

 Julian Stair, potter, in conversation with Glenn Adamson

Fibre Arts Take Two: Kerri Hollingsworth

Karen Nicol: From Flea Markets to Fashion Runways School of Stitched Textiles

Textile Talk With Jude Kingshott School of Stitched Textiles

Ellie Burkett Friday Feature Artist Fibre Arts Take Two

Friday Feature Artist - Kate Tarling from Fibre Arts Take Two

Video: drawing on gallery walls with tape - Michael Craig-Martin RA talks about his series of wall drawings featuring instantly recognisable objects.

Changemakers: Meera Syal In Conversation
Wednesday 27 November 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens or digital livestream

Saturday Sketch Club: drawing from Raphael
Online workshop from the RA 
Saturday 7 December 2024 10.30 - 11.45am

Friday Feature Artist from Fibre Arts Take Two - Sally Blake

Fibreartstaketwo - Deborah Carter

Orange Peel Pendant Lamp by Alkesh Parmar

Noriko Livingstone: Embroidery in Bloom 
Interview from the School of Stitched Textiles

Friday Feature Artist from FibreArtsTakeTwo: Karen Stamper

The Pforzheim Jewellery Museum, Germany

Ava Roth’s Honeycomb Sculptures

YoYo Lander - Portraits using layers of stained paper

A Complete History of Embroidery from the School of Stitched Textiles

Josh Gluckstein's Reef from Recycled Cardboard

Glass Bead embroidered portraiats by Demond Melancon 

I thought you might be interested to read an interview with Jacqueline Sava, the founder of Soakwash which we sell at Craft Arena.

Colleen Southwell Friday Feature Artist from Fibre Arts Take Two

Erick Medel stitches the daily life of Los Angeles

Choi + Shine Architects collaborate with global communities to crochet monumental lace

School of Stitched Textiles interview: Larysa Bernhardt: Moth sculptures

School of Stitched Textiles interview: Noriko Livingstone: Embroidery in Bloom

Friday Feature Artist: Steve Bannnatyne

17th-Century miniature papercuts discovered under floorboards in Hackney

Fibre Arts Take Two Feature Artist: Linda Harvey

Friday Feature Artist from Fibre Arts Take Two: Marjolein Dallinga

Alice Fox’s Woven Sculptures

The latest RSN online talks

Talks and Events at the British Library

Paintings of studios of artist studios by Damian

Willow sculpture by Laura Ellen Bacon

School of Stitched Textiles - Lesley Wood: Threads Of Memories

School of Stitched Textiles - Textile Talk With Helen Godden

Vanessa German Sculpture

Amanda Cobbett Embroiders Realistic Likenesses of Fungi and Flora

Not textile or art related, but the archaeologist in me loved this! Spectacular Drone Views Of Giza

Matt Wilson’s Metal Bird Sculptures using repurposed utensils

Rag rugging, punch needle textiles by Artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders

Catalina Swinburn Woven Paper ‘Investitures’

Friday Feature Artist from FibreArtsTake2 - Jennie-Maree Tempest

Changemakers: Rachel Whiteread

Join Rachel Whiteread, one of Britain's leading contemporary artists and the first woman to win the Turner Prize, as she discusses her monumental practice and career.

School of Stitched Textiles - Cécile Davidovici: Stitching Life Into Art




School of Stitched Textiles - Textile talk with Jamie Chalmers

Fibre Arts Take Two Feature Artist Stephanie Outridge Field

Stories of art: 1500-1600 - Online talks from The National Gallery

Explore the work of key Renaissance artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Holbein, and Dürer with art historian Siân Walters

What is an 'Old Master' painting? From The National Gallery

Talks on demand from the RSN

Fibre Arts Take Two Friday Feature Artist - Kate Stehr

Fibre Arts Take Two Friday Feature Artist Zara Muradyan

Fibre Arts Take Two - Debbie Lyddon

Fibre Arts Take Two Feature Artist - Jo Stealey

Friday Feature Artist from Fibre Arts Take Two: Judith Martin

Textile Talk With Sarah De Rousset-Hall

Friday Feature Artist Fibre Arts Take Two: Donna Watson

School of Stitched Textiles: Lindzeanne: Cataloguing The Passage Of Time

Megan Bogonovich Floral Ceramic Sculptures

Kirsty Elson Driftwood Animal Sculptures

A Remarkable Typeface Resurfaces from the Thames After Being Dumped in the River More Than a Century Ago

RSN Collection and Archive online

The Golden Thread traces the Rise of Textiles in Contemporary Art

Picking Up Pixels: Rüdiger Schlömer Designs Typefaces for Knitting

Jorge Mañes Rubio Cloaks Basketballs in Beads

Ernesto Neto’s Suspended Crochet sculpture

Naoki Onogawa’s Origami Paper Cranes

Tali Weinberg Entwines Climate Data Sculptures

RSN Collection and Archive

Felt Love This short film made me cry!

Friday Feature Artist from Fibre Arts Take Two: Carlotta Parisi

From School of Stitched Textiles Janine Heschl: Artistry And Advocacy

Peter Frederiksen Free-motion Embroidered Classic Cartoons

Explore the Ancient Art of Kumihimo Japanese Braiding 

Karola Pezarro Embroidered Portraits

Kaci Smith Weaves from Wishbones and Branches

Andrea Love - Cooking with Wool - Needlefelted animation

Five museums where you can find bead art - from Google Arts

Paper Bead Tapestries by Sanaa Gateja

A Catalogue of Stitched CMYK Studies by Evelin Kasikov Merges Printing and Embroidery

The Festival of Quilts Competition 2024 - find out more and Enter

Isobelle Ouzman’s Altered Books

Debbie Lawson -  Life-Sized Animals in Ornate Rugs

Grace Gillespie’s Vibrant Linocut Prints of Flowers and Foliage

Samantha Moore's touching film, Visible Mending about knitting therapy

Maria A. Guzmán Capron’s Patchwork Figures

Sozai Center designs a durable speckled fabric made entirely from recycled apple waste

The Bronze Dress mystery

Nengiren’s Embroidered Figures

Embroidered Patches Redefine Vintage Postcards and Photographs by Han Cao

Intricate Embroidery Bring Yumi Okita’s Moths to Life

10 Textiles Artists Inspired by the Ocean

Textile Artists Inspired by Nature

10 Textile Portrait Artists

10 Contemporary Felt Artists

Machine Embroidery Artists You Have to Follow

Hand Embroidery Artists You Have to Follow

Inspiring Patchwork Quilt Artists You Have to Follow

Inspiring Knit Artists You Have to Follow

Karen Turner Stitching Life

Ýr Jóhannsdóttir - Textile designer and artist - based in Iceland 

Rachel Gooden: Enchanting Embroidery & Taxidermy Stumpwork

Ester Magnusson's Human Skull in Bobbin Lace

Crocheted on Toast by Maria Skog

Gee's Bend Quilters

The story of using Elephant dung to make paper, from Elly Express
And if you fancy making paper from more tradition ingredients, you can find hour how in our paper making class.

Nastasya Shulyak’s Miniature Felted Friends