Page 58 - The Digital Cloth Holiday issue 2

My fabric collages are a unique style,

giving a paint free painting like effect.
They draw the viewer to come up close
only to appreciate the intricacy and
details that create them. They are vibrant,
colourful and representational pieces of
art, inspired mostly from photos taken
during my travels.
I use thousands of scraps of fabric as my
colour palette. Textured and coloured

fabrics are cut into numerous pieces that
are then glued or fused using a bonding
medium onto a canvas background in
layers until I am satisfied with the correct
shape and colour value. I draw inspiration
from photos taken during my travel, and
at a later date create a particular piece
of fabric collage. It is my attempt to blend
the fabrics of such varied types and
textures in unison to create this unique
painting like effect.