Kate McCarthy

Nutgrove

2017

This piece titled "The Yarn We Spin" is an original piece by Danielle Clough, as part of her recent solo exhibition "Crewel Intentions", featuring highly textured and embroidered por...

This piece titled "Fiber Truck - PHD Edition" is an original piece by Han Cao and is madecotton embroidery thread, plastic stitching canvas, painted wooden spools, acrylic display ca...

This work, titled "The Milk Rivers" is a tryptic of 135x70 cm works and it's a jacquard weaving from cotton and recycled plastic thread Eco Nat. Artist Monika Zaltauskaite Grasiene...

Thread on linen

I am a multi-disciplinary artist who has professionally shown my work in dozens of galleries and museums since the late 1990s. But while my work can take many different forms, my practice is rooted in drawing. Whether I am working on the watercolor and acrylic pieces, or fiber-based pieces, every project and every idea begins with a drawing. Through that process I lay out my ideas, ask myself questions, experiment with different options, and try to resolve all the formal and conceptual issues I will attempt in my final piece. The themes I have explored in my work from 1999 on, and even before then, have remained the same even though my style has shifted radically. I have been interested in exploring self-portraiture, personal narratives, femininity, politics, and the use of text in art. I have remained constant in my exploration of critical theory and art history, and drawn influence from artists as diverse as Joseph Beuys, Henry Darger, and Adrian Piper...

C-lon thread, waxed linen, styrofoam.

Refleksy (Reflexes), flax (linen) and wool, 50" x 48" x 2", 1973. This warm, vivid Mid-Century tapestry, Refleksy (1973) is by Polish textile artist, ...

Adela Akers (b. 1933, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) is a Spanish-born textile and fiber artist. She is Professor Emeritus (1972 to 1995) at the Tyler Scho...

Journey Trees III, linens and swing threads, 8" x 8" x 1", 2021. This figurative woven textile piece is by UK-based textile artist, Sara Brennan (b. 1963...

Journey Trees IV, linens and swing threads, 7.5" x 8" x 1", 2021. This figurative woven textile piece is by UK-based textile artist, Sara Brennan (b. 196...