Work by Emily Notman
GTAG members have just had another amazing workshop creating a textile wall hanging using contemporary mixed media techniques. With Emily Notman. The first part of the day the group experimented with paint, ink and dyes to ensure each piece was unique.
Emily studied at Leeds College of Art
and Design which resulted in a passion for photography, textiles, and fashion.
She then went on to graduate from the University of Cumbria in Contemporary
Applied Arts.
She said: "I create bestoke textiles mixing media and building up tactile delicate surfaces. I work and rework my pieces with paint, dyes, bleach, and ink, burning and layering until finishing with hand stitch. I find beauty in flaky walls, overgrown buildings and encrusted surfaces; this is something I recreate in my work. My pieces evolve and grow with time, incorporate history with layering and sometimes the tiniest mark or stitch changes a piece dramatically. It is this detail that excites me. "
What a fabulous introduction into contemporary textile work for our members. Emily was a font of inspiration. Below are the beginnings of the work started during the course.
