Spotlight: Kim Tepe, Fiber Artist
Meet Kim Tepe, the fiber artist whose journey into the world of art began with a passion for fabric. She manipulates fabrics to create her art inspired by often overlooked...
Fabric Sculptures
Many artists prefer fabric as their medium for creating original fabric sculptures. There are traditional techniques, such as using an armature to support their sculpture. Or newer techniques like using a heavyweight fusible interfacing like TimTex or PelTex, a heavy felt, or utilizing newer products that use heat to mold textiles such as Wonderflex or Fossshape. And, of course, some fabric glue or fabric sculpting medium may be involved!
Other makers create their sculptural forms as soft sculpture, sewing and using seams to create their fine art.
Fabrics easily provide drape and texture to the sculpture, giving it more visual interest.
From abstract textile installations to real-life fibre art, be inspired by these artists and their work.
3D Fiber Sculptures
Spotlight: Mary McCauley, Mixed Media Fiber Artist
Mary McCauley pushes the definition of "quilt" creating her 3D pieces and pop-up books with three layers just like a quilt. When she has an idea, she loves tapping into...
Spotlight: Sally Linville, The City Girl Farm
Sally Linville has turned her childhood delight in chickens into fiber art creations. Working with a team of "chickeners", each chicken footstool is created by hand and is uniquely individual....
More Fabric Sculptures
Spotlight: Betty Busby, Fiber Artist
Always open to the new-and-what-if possibilities, Betty Busby creates fiber art using technological innovations and unconventional materials to create work with inviting texture
Spotlight: Claire B. Jones, Fiber Artist
At first glance, Claire B. Jones' sculptural embroidery looks like it must be built on some kind of armature. But Claire engineers her pieces so that they are built entirely…