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Connections.

Through attentive sensing and thoughtful stitching, these works explore the...

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A-muse-ing

Exploring the many meanings of a muse, these works reflect thoughtful...

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From the archives: Antidotes to fast fashion with Claire Wellesley-Smith

Angela Truscott: Apr 3 2025

The only thing I would say is… Make it meaningful for you. You know, that could...

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Stitching every day with Amanda Nadig

Jo Wright: Mar 27 2025

I have too many things in my life that I put a lot of pressure on myself with....

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Realigned

These works explore how ideas can shift through editing, reassembly, and new...

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Making the repurposed remarkable with Swapna Namboodiri

Tara Axford: Mar 12 2025

I truly believe that art in any form is a pure gift. When we are growing up, we...

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Sewing stories with Sara Impey

Jo Wright: Mar 5 2025

Every artist must create something that is true to themselves. I think every...

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Inside the wonderland of Ricky Boscarino

Clarissa Callesen: Feb 28 2025

My master plan was never to have a master plan. I didn’t set out to build an...

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Ellie Burkett: A passion for paper

British-born artist Ellie Burkett travelled to Japan to explore her fascination...

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Embroidered landscapes: The art of Kate Tarling

Through her textile artwork, British textile artist Kate Tarling stitches not...

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Finding delight with Lissa Hunter

Angela Truscott: Feb 21 2025

My father was a magician. That sense of relationship to the world is part of my...

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Order, Disorder, Reorder

Through experimentation, uncertainty, and careful reworking, these artists move...

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Unmasking Identity with Katie Green

Nicola Rough: Feb 12 2025

The masks are gritty, visceral, and truth-telling, and they ask the public to...

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Capturing Moments

Exploring the space between photography and mixed media, these works capture...

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Seasons.

Through stitched painting and mixed media embroidery, these works explore the...

From Elements to Archetypes

Exploring the elements of design and the archetypal structures of composition,...

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Stitching nature into existence with Amanda Cobbett

Angela Truscott: Feb 4 2025

The sound of the sewing machine is the soundtrack to my life. My stitching is...

Friday Feature Artists, an introduction

Angela Truscott: Jan 29 2025

After sharing over 150 Friday Feature Artist interviews with you over YouTube,...

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In Retrospect

These works reflect thoughtful visual enquiry into memory, meaning, and...

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Art vs. Craft – Insights from Claire Benn

Claire Benn: Dec 13 2024

The debate between art and craft has long been a topic of discussion among...

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Nurturing Revolutions

Through sculptural weaving and basketry, these works explore nurture as both...

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Collating Past, Present

Inspired by personal objects and the stories they hold, these works explore...

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Sue Brown: Collagraph and Birds

Sue is a master collagrapher and artistic storyteller. She shared her love of...

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What Remains

Inspired by the quiet beauty of imperfection and impermanence, these collages...

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Sue Hotchkis: The Beauty of Aging and Decay

Sue is a fibre artist with a fascination for decay. During her Friday Feature...

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Where the Light gets in

Inspired by the beauty found in imperfection, these works celebrate...

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Marjolein Dallinga: The Space Between Art and Craft

Marjolein is a fibre artist and in her Friday Feature Artist interview with us...

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Seen Unseen Worlds

Rooted in personal connection to place, these works explore the visible and the...

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Anne Kelly: Finding the Visual Spark

Canadian-born, UK-based Anne Kelly stitches stories. Take Two had the pleasure...

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Sensing Paths

Rooted in attentive sensing and quiet reflection, these works explore the...

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Earth Materials

Working with earth pigments, soya milk, and cloth, these pieces reflect...

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What is Wabi Sabi Art?

Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic and way of life or a way of looking at things...

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Lindsey Gradolph: Instagram and Tarot

Lindsey, known as Lindzeanne on Instagram, talked to Take Two about her art in...

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Rosie James: Fluffy Threads and Wheelie Cases

Take Two enjoyed a wonderful chat with artist Rosie about her art, thread,...

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Jessie Mordine Young: Woven Painting

Artist Jessie Mordine calls her art ‘woven paintings’. Fibre Arts Take Two...

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Reminiscence

Inspired by precious moments and personal memories, these collages translate...

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Untamed

Inspired by the wild beauty of the natural world, these embroidered works...

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Stopping in the Now

Exploring the meeting point of photography, fibre, paper, and mixed media,...

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Joining the Dots

Through gel plate printing and thoughtful enquiry, these works explore how...

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Make, Unmake, Remake

Through repeated cycles of making, unmaking, and thoughtful reconstruction,...