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Katy Rundle Art




          KatyRundle                                                                                                                                                                                Katy Rundle first learned how to

                                                                                                                                                                                                    use a sewing machine to make
                                                                                                                                                                                                    quilts in 2015, and made her
                                                                                                                                                                                                    first fabric collage composition
                                                                                                                                                                                                    the following year as part of an
                                                                                                                                                                                                    art fund raiser at her daughters’

                                                                                                                                                                                                    school. The sale of that piece, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                    the commissions that came with
                                                                                                                                                                                                    it, was the start of her career as an
                                                                                                                                                                                                    artist. She works from a studio in
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hampshire, UK.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Katy has exhibited at London art
                                                                                                                                                                                                    fairs and, in 2018, was selected
                                                                                                                                                                                                    to compete in Sky Arts televised
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’,

                                                                                                                                                                                                    where she created a composition
                                                                                                                                                                                                    on a beach with her sewing
                                                                                                                                                                                                    machine and ironing board!
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Her work uses vibrant, colourful,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    patterned printed cottons, which
                                                                                                                                                                                                    are cut to build pictures, then
                                                                                                                                                                                                    embroidered with multiple
                                                                                                                                                                                                    coloured threads.


                                                                                                                                                                                                    Prior to 2015, Katy had lived in
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kenya for two years which was a

                                                                                                                                                                                                    source of great inspiration, with
                                                                                                                                                                                                    its amazing landscape, wild life,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    and people.


                                                                                                                                                                                                    Katy roughly Sketches out a
                                                                                                                                                                                                    composition directly onto canvas
                                                                                                                                                                                                    then a colour scheme is decided
                                                                                                                                                                                                    on and multiple fabrics are chosen
                                                                                                                                                                                                    for their colour.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Katy uses many different designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                    fabrics. She particularly favours
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kaffe
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fassett, Philip Jacobs and Brandon
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mably prints but collects fabrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                    on her travels from many different
                                                                                                                                                                                                    sources.
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