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Emily Tull Art










      Having grown up in a                                   best summed up my style of work,
      creative family with    a Great                        which led me to really consider
      Grandmother who was a tailor and a  what it is I actually do....
      mother who is a seamstress,                            When I first started stitching I
      resulting in a childhood                               would call it drawing with thread,
      surrounded by fabric scraps it                         but society likes to label
      shouldn’t really be a surprise                         processes/styles of Art in a neat
      that I have come to use textiles                       way. Seeing the work of Mary
      in my artwork.                                         Linwood introduced me to the term
      It’s taken me years to find a                          needle painting. I have to admit
      description that I felt best                           my knowledge of the textile art
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