Velda Newman
You began your artistic life as a painter: explain how this helps you now with your quilts? I think the most important thing about being an artist is…
Abigail Brown
Originally you were introduced to textiles by your grandmother, was this what lead you to becoming a textile artist? From a very early age I was…
Jackie Cardy
Do you get your inspiration from your garden, Elizabethan flowers, or from further a field? I think I get inspiration from everywhere, my garden and…
Betsy Hershberg
You have been knitting since you were eight years old, and have studied with some of the world’s best known knitters. Can you tell about one or two…
Fi Douglas
How were you encouraged to develop your personal approach at Glasgow School of Art? I was so lucky at Glasgow to have a tutor who really believed in…
Angela Betheras
What made you decide to place alpacas on your farm? I grew up in Labertouche, my parents had beef cattle, I couldn’t handle them on my own nor could…
Jennifer Gould
Tell us how your time in Japan studying weaving in a kimono factory influenced your artwork? It was a goal of mine to go there as a student, which I…
Lauren Camp
When you first wrote your poetry it was to accompany your art work. Can you explain how this worked? Early on, exhibitors of my artwork asked for…
Helen Smith
My signature Zoneone Arts question – what are the most important design elements? A number of design elements come together to make a real work of…
Cresside Collette
My signature Zoneone Arts question – what are the most important design elements? I trained originally as a Graphic Designer but from an early age I…