Kirsty Whitlock is a mixed media textile artist who specialises in embroidery but pushes her use of materials and application to 'break the preconception of textiles'.
"I don't want to be delicate with machine work I do. I want to reflect my drawing work and expressive mark making"
Kirsty uses recycled materials in order to highlight the 'throw-away' culture of our society. She produces a number of different interior accessories including cushions, lampshades, framed piece and also installation work and as you can see from the piece of work above, she addresses various issues within her practise.
The two images above I really love. I love the textile feel of Kirsty's work. The fact that her work doesn't come across neat and tidy with various loose, unorganized threads relates more to an expressive, drawing quality. I like the fact that the work isn't precious, it's very experimental with mark making and textural qualities.
Looking at Kirsty's work has made me think more about how I can create this tactile effect in my work. As I've said before there is a lot of 'trapping' in my work and I have recently created a piece of work using wire which has a controlled quality, but also a much looser quality with various threads draping around the wires. The work reminds me of what I am seeing here and I am therefore thinking about how I can move it forward into more samples maybe using recycled materials.
Image and Text reference:
www.kirstywhitlock.com
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