About

DRAWING WITH THREAD

I am a Textile Artist who draws with thread to create unique portraits, landscapes and townscapes. Since completing my degree in Creative Art where I combined Fine Art (Printmaking) with Textiles, I have continued to develop my interest in creating images from textural line.

I have been fortunate in having my work exhibited both nationally and internationally.

It is the idea of considered mark making that intrigues me.

Drawing with thread is a continuous process of decision making. Deciding what is required for example, to conjure up a facial feature – exactly where the needle enters and exits the fabric, the type of thread, the length of each stitch, the number of stitches needed to suggest a smile or capture an emotional nuance.

Each executed mark, however small, is a decision made.

I combine hand stitching with freestyle machine stitching to create the image. Colour is added by hand using dysperse dyes and Pastels .

It is a process that absorbs the hours.

If you would like to find out a little more about my work and how I make it, please check out recent interviews :

Sky Arts landscape Artist 2018 programme    https://vimeo.com/317238847

https://www.textileartist.org/andrea-cryer-loose-threads

https://www.textileartist.org/andrea-cryer-from-conception-to-creation

The Bath Magazine January 2019

BBC Wiltshire Radio – Afternoon tea with James Thomas – Loose Threads

https://www.creativewithworkbox.com