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.
Quite amazing!
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Incredibly lovely! I’d love to own one of these!
Love the landscapes!
Oh, and what I love best is the lovely and discreet shadows behind the threads. Such wonderful texture!
This is so interesting and beautiful work!
Wowza, Gillian’s work is brilliant! Such incredible line work and texture, plus fantastic compositions.
Great post, Amy… thanks for the introduction! :~)
I love interesting textiles! This is such a unique piece.
love them Fabs