Gillian Bates


Posted by Amy on Tuesday October 6, 2009

Gillian Bates is a UK-based textile artist who specializes in contemporary embroidered textiles. Her work is dones as if she’s drawing with needle and thread instead of a pen, as she makes her mark by using a freehand machine, embroidering on white cotton drill fabric. What about those blocks of colours on the canvas, you ask? Well, they’re a mix of reclaimed, recycled & new fabrics sewed into place.

See more of her work on her Flickr photostream.

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#1 :: char
Oct 6, 06:15 PM

Quite amazing!
Char

#2 :: Sam
Oct 6, 07:07 PM

Incredibly lovely! I’d love to own one of these!

#3 :: Courtney
Oct 7, 09:26 AM

Love the landscapes!

#4 :: Amy
Oct 7, 12:25 PM

Oh, and what I love best is the lovely and discreet shadows behind the threads. Such wonderful texture!

#5 :: Zee
Oct 7, 01:13 PM

This is so interesting and beautiful work!

#6 :: Amy@AQ-V
Oct 7, 09:59 PM

Wowza, Gillian’s work is brilliant! Such incredible line work and texture, plus fantastic compositions.

Great post, Amy… thanks for the introduction! :~)

#7 :: Suzanne
Oct 10, 08:58 AM

I love interesting textiles! This is such a unique piece.

#8 :: Kristyna Litten
Oct 14, 05:18 AM

love them Fabs

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