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Contact. Textile artist Anne Kelly photographed by Alun Callender. Create a website or blog at WordPress.com. ‘Kelly’s telling is akin to that of a child: the travails and the discomfort, that weary, graceless tedium of getting oneself across sea, air and land mass have all been forgotten. Her’s is a weightless, onerous-less motion ...
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About - Anne Kelly – Textile Artist and Author
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Anne is a textile based mixed media artist, trained in...
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Anne Kelly: I’m interested in everyday things. We all have so much fabric and paper ephemera surrounding us. I take lots of photographs and collect things like tickets and leaflets when I travel. But when sorting out items to use in my collages, I like to choose carefully. I use hand and machine stitching, collage, and simple printmaking techniques...
I use sketchbooks and photography to research my theme. Often, a whole composition can be inspired by a small fragment of vintage fabric or found ephemera. Like the mood boards used for interior design, inspiration boards are such a useful and reflective way of gathering ideas. Seemingly disparate elements are combined, going on to inspire a new se...
I often start with my photograph collection, adding motifs, found paper materials, and drawings inspired by vintage natural history books. I bring them together as inspiration boards, using stitch and embellishment. After a teaching and travelling visit to the Isle of Skye, in the north of Scotland, I created an inspiration board. It allowed me to ...
When creating my textile collages, I like to start with a strong fabric such as calico or canvas, which I use as a background. I layer this with fabrics that match the subject matter. These panels vary according to the size and shape of the piece I’m working on. I use sketchbooks, drawings, templates and photographs to determine the final look of t...
Another work created during the pandemic was Quarantine Quilt. During the first UK lockdown, I used it as a way of celebrating fragments of embroidery and recent trips. This complex piece was made in an organic way. The wonderful Gees Bend quilts influenced the homely look of this work. The quilt was constructed using an old quilt from my grandmoth...
Try creating an inspiration board to inspire a series of work. Use it to gather together your source materials, colour schemes, motif ideas and sketches. Pin it up on your wall to inspire you.If you like maximalism, be bold and try a little of everything. Anne’s work shows how to expertly integrate a mixture of processes and use lots of different materials together.Why not include everyday ephemera, like photos, book pages, leaflets, tickets, maps, and found treasures in your own work? Mixed media and stitching can help you to blend everything together into a...Anne Kelly is an artist, author and tutor based in Kent, UK. She is a member of the Society for Embroidered Work. She has written four books, including Textile Travels, published in 2020. Anne’s work was exhibited in her solo show, Well Travelled, which was held at the Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales, in 2021. Website: annekellytextiles.com Instagram: @...
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Apr 24, 2020 · April 24, 2020. The Art of Recycling: An Interview with Anne Kelly. Today, we’re going to be hearing from tutor, author and mixed media textile artist, Anne Kelly. Based in Kent, Anne has trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College, London to develop her artistic voice.
Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Anne Kelly shares her life in fabric & thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about her inspiration drawn from everyday objects and textiles, international travel and folk art. Continue reading to discover the highlights of our chat and to see examples of Anne’s work. Susan chats with Anne about:
