The practice of treating fibres, colours and textile have been around for thousands of years.
Textile Arts — which encompasses weavings, embroideries, tapestries, fibre arts, carpet design, and more have been revolutionised in the past decades and the quality is on another level altogether.
These arts have been associated with women and were not recognised as a significant form of the art industry for a long time as they were mainly related to hobby crafts and reparation work.
There are many artists nowadays that requires recognition. One artist that I love is Trish Andersen, who specialises in the art of tufting. Coming Dalton in Georgia in the US, said to be the carpet capital of the world, must have had an influence on her craft and shaped her passion, even before she started studying and travelling around the globe. She is a master in combining flora and fauna with vibrant textiles. Her work has been sort after by Coca-Cola, Google and Kimpton Hotels, one of the hotels brands under the IHG Hotels & Resorts group. Do you love it?
If you want to check on more female artists that does amazing work with textiles, do not miss Xenobia Bailey, Vanessa Barragao and Nnenna Okore.
