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Alice Fox is a UK-based artist who creates textiles and sculptures from found and foraged materials, such as plants, metals and rust. She also teaches workshops, grows her own flax and explores the possibilities of low-impact making and self-sufficiency.
Alice Fox is a textile artist who uses found materials and natural dyes to create works inspired by the landscape. She shares her background, process and advice in an interview with Fibre Arts Take Two.
Alice Fox. 10,765 likes · 878 talking about this. Artist using found, gathered and grown materials. West Yorkshire, UK. Author of Wild Textiles.
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TextileArtist.org: How did the idea for the piece come about? What was your inspiration? Alice Fox:Found objects often form a starting point for my work. These might be gathered on walks in my local area or further afield. Found items form a tangible link to the place that they came from. By working with found objects and gathered materials, I’m ab...
Was there any other preparatory work? This work is part of an ongoing exploration of the materials in my allotment garden. Lots of different elements and experiences feed into this piece, even if they are not explicitly linked. I experiment all the time with the materials I grow and gather. I test different plants for cord-making and play with diff...
Take us through the creation process To attach the cord to the trowel, I need an anchor point. I use a pillar drill to make a row of holes around the edge of the metal trowel. This gives me the starting point for attaching the cordage to the object. I dampen the leaves using a water spray bottle and wrap them in a cloth for an hour before working w...
Working materials can be sourced anywhere, even from your gardenIf you are wondering how to create a large-scale artwork? Test out some small sample versions firstIncorporating found items in your work can help to record a link with a particular placeIf you find a technique that interests you, try it out using whatever materials you have available, even they seem like unconventional optionsAlice Fox was shortlisted in the Janome Fine Art Textiles Award (2021). She has received funding for several projects from Arts Council England, and completed a residency at Spurn Point Nature Reserve in 2012. She is a member of the Textile Study Group. Alice has self-published a series of books to accompany her exhibition projects, including ‘Plot...
Alice Fox: an artist using organic material for inks, rope and more - Gardens Illustrated.
Alice Fox creates process-led and sustainable artworks with natural fibres and gathered materials. She explores the detail and essence of organic things through dye, stitch, weave and basketry techniques.
