FIONA RUTHERFORD TEXTILE ARTIST www.rutherfordtextileart.com
Fiona Rutherford works from her studio in the vibrant
riverside creative area close to the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne.
She uses the historical Gobelins technique to create woven
tapestries for contemporary interiors. Using mainly cotton and linen yarns she
weaves her designs by hand at an upright frame loom.
A vivid colour palette and simple imagery combine to
create a visual language that is distinctively her own. Fiona’s tapestries are
highly narrative, infused with stories, poems and music drawn from everyday
life. They contain
simple abstract imagery combined with a love of colour that stems from her
early childhood years in India.
Fiona has exhibited
her work widely in the UK as well as Europe, Australia, Japan and America and
she undertakes private and public commissions. Her work is held in major public
collections including the V&A Museum, London.
What inspires you in your art?
Colours, patterns, stories,design and all things quirky.
What medium do you work in?
Textiles.I design and hand weave tapestries.
What are you looking forward to at Make it Up North?
I am looking forward to the challenge of showing my work in a new location and meeting new people.
What work are you showing at the event?
An installation of framed and unframed tapestries that I hope will show the range of my work.
Have you any exciting news to share?
My next large commission is a new area for me as I have been asked to create a large tapestry for a church in Cambridge.
If you could sit in a room with any artist….who would it
be and what would you ask them?
Louise Bourgeois. How did she keep her creative energy so long?
Name your favourite quote/or philosophy to life?
Remember to retain a sense of humour.
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