May/June 2020

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The featured artists in this issue know about taking inspiration from their personal experience and of working with what they have to hand- we talk to Kate Whitehead, Diane Meyer, and Teresa Whitfield as well as Freddie Robins, who knows a thing or two about challenging prejudices about what constitutes ‘art’.

features

12 PIXEL PERFECT

Using embroidery Diane Meyer investigates photography's ability to supplant memory

18 VITAMIN K

Freddie Robbins' thought provoking and witty knitted works question ideas around the domestic, gender and the human condition

24 A UNIQUE VISION

We talk to Sophie Dutton, editor of Madge Gill by Myrninerest

30 NO PLACE LIKE HOME

A glimpse inside the workroom where Daisy Collingridge always finds inspiration waiting

32 A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE

Meet Kate Whitehead who utilises myriad hand techniques in her weave-based practice

38 DRAWN TO LACE

Teresa Whitfield's pen and ink drawings of lace are indistinguishable from the real thing

44 THE SUM OF ALL PARTS

Marilyn Rathbone draws upon inspirations as diverse as historical research and mathematics

48 BLURRING BOUNDARIES

Jennifer Harris begins a series of articles with a look at the current relationship between textiles and the contemporary art world