Amanda Jones
ajsjones@fibreessence.ca
I
am a destructive stitcher and pyrotextile artist. My formal embroidery
career began in the UK in 1992 studying City & Guilds Part I
Creative Embroidery and Design with Valerie Campbell-Harding. Six years
later, I was awarded Part II Embroidery before emigrating to Vancouver,
BC.
My
textile artwork has been exhibited at galleries in West and North
Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. I represented Canada at 'Textiles 21'
World of Embroidery UK exhibition and demonstrated Pyrotextiles at HGA
Convergence 2002, Vancouver.
An
enthusiastic and passionate communicator of innovative textile art and
computer textile design techniques, through workshops, lectures and
published articles ('Design IT' and Embroidery). I led computer textile
design demonstrations and exhibitions throughout the UK and at the
London Knitting & Stitching Shows. More recently, I led workshops
for the Vancouver Guild of Fabric Arts; North Shore Needle Arts; Greater
Vancouver Weavers' & Spinners' Guild; Arrowsmith Needle Arts;
Calgary Guild of Needle and Fibre Arts; and the UK Computer Textile
Design Group.
Past-President
of the Vancouver Guild of Fabric Arts, I am also Secretary of
FibreEssence and member of North Shore Needle Arts; Computer Textile
Design Group and the Beadworkers' Guild of Great Britain.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My
pyrotextile artwork incorporates destructive techniques including
burning, soldering and patination to decreate the fabric's structure;
aging and imposing a new surface texture on fabrics, papers and even
compact disks! My imagination is piqued by rich surface textures.
The juxtaposition of silky sheer fabrics with weathered and eroded rags
results in a textural contrast I find especially appealing.
I
adore the textural and sculptural aspects of textile art and the
delicious unpredictability of the creative process. For me the
designing process may begin with a shadow, a shape, the feel of a strip
of bark ... which is explored and developed, initially using computer
textile design techniques.
