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Textile Talk

Textile Talk

De: Gail Cowley
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This podcast is for craft and textile enthusiasts all around the world. We're constantly adding great interviews with textile artists, tutors and retailers plus a little advice on our own distance study courses in craft and much more. The School of Stitched Textiles is the largest UK provider of City & Guilds Accredited Textile based distance learning courses. You can find out site at https://www.sofst.org/. We also host the Stitch Directory, which showcases independent craft retailers and suppliers from around the world https://www.sofst.org/stitch-directory/.Copyright 2026 Gail Cowley Arte Educación
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  • Student Interview - Holly Jackson

    Student Interview - Holly Jackson
    Mar 25 2026

    Today Gail is joined by Holly Jackson, a mixed media textile artist based on a tiny island in the Chesapeake Bay, living and working from a fisherman’s cottage dating back to 1870.

    Holly combines traditional stumpwork techniques with contemporary narratives and an interest in lost people and places. Her work has been featured on Fiber Talk, Stitchery Stories, and in All Stitched Up, and she exhibits regularly along the east coast of the United States.

    Already an exhibiting artist, Holly chose to undertake Stumpwork Stage 2 with the School of Stitched Textiles and is now progressing through our Master Practitioner programme.

    In this episode, we explore what structured, assessed study looks like from an American perspective — particularly given that City & Guilds qualifications are not a typical pathway for textile artists in the US.

    We talk about:

    • why she chose formal study when she was already exhibiting

    • what assessment and tutor feedback actually feel like

    • how her work evolved through the programme

    • whether studying remotely from the US presents any real barriers

    • and what she would say to other American textile artists who are curious but unsure.

    Links

    IG: @flossinginthemoonlight

    Website: https://flossinginthemoonlight.com

    School of Stitched Textiles https://www.sofst.org/
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    42 m
  • Artist Interview - Wen Redmond

    Artist Interview - Wen Redmond
    Mar 11 2026
    “Making my art allows me to tap into levels of perception, becoming more aware, more conscious, & more grateful. I’ve loved photography my entire life. This brings a tender sensitivity to one’s surroundings. I make the art then the art makes me.”New England’s internationally recognized artist, Wen Redmond’s fascination with photography finds expression through printing original manipulated photographs directly onto created mixed media substrates, and specially treated natural fibers to craft unique photographic textural constructions. Imaginative presentations add to the pioneering innovations and giving her work edge. Every work generates an artistic tension, followed by the excitement of the actual creation of the work. A dialogue is started, and the work becomes real. She calls this work, Digital Mixed Media. Redmond’s work has been exhibited in major internationally recognized exhibitions, including Quilt National, Visions Museum CA, SAQA’s International Exhibit’s, Fiberart International, Fantastic Fibers, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Intersect Chicago, Excellence In Fibers, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Art Quilt Elements, New Legacies, World of Threads, CA among other juried, invitational and solo exhibitions. Her work has won awards at New Legacies CO, Fiber Arts IX, Sebastopol, CA, Maryland Federation of Art, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC , Fantastic Fibers and Visions Art Museum’s Quilt Japan Award among others. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV, produced Interweave DVD Workshops and made an appearance on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims in 2025. Her work has traveled the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia, and is part of the permanent collections of Marbaum at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, CA, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, New England Quilt Museum, and private collections. She has been featured in numerous magazines and books including her own published books, Digital Fiber Art and Mixed Media Masterpiece and Explorations with Collage- Merging Photographs, Paper and Fiber with Schiffer Publishing. She currently splits her time between North Carolina and New Hampshire.School of Stitched Textiles' website https://www.sofst.org/Wen's Site and contact details.Website http://www.wenredmond.com/ BOOKS- Explorations with Collage! Merging Photographs, Paper & Fiber and Digital Fiber Art: Combine Photos & Fabric - Create Your Own Mixed-Media Masterpiece DVD- Digital Imagery in Fiber Art: Using Textured Backgrounds for a Painterly Effect https://www.interweave.com/store/digital-imagery-in-fiber-art-download-in-hdFaceBook- https://www.facebook.com/greymooncove Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/wenredmond/?hl=en Etsy UpLIFTmeNTs Shop- https://www.etsy.com/shop/WenRedmondArtU-Tube channel- https://www.youtube.com/user/wenredmond/videos Artful Home- https://www.artfulhome.com/navigate?searchTerm=redmond Professional Member of SAQA- https://www.saqa.com/art/juried-artists/wen-redmond Surface Design Org https://www.surfacedesign.org/members/premium-gallery/?sauthor=wen%20redmond Fine Art America- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/whispers-of-the-positive-wen-redmond.htmlNew Hampshire Art Association- https://www.nhartassociation.org/member-directory League of NH Craftsmen si
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  • Artist Interview - Cassandra Dias

    Artist Interview - Cassandra Dias
    Feb 4 2026
    Cassandra was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1985, and has been creating art since she was old enough to pick up a crayon and put it to paper. She started her self-taught embroidery journey in January 2020 with a bag of vintage DMC thread and quickly became passionate about the mindful work of creating her landscape hoops, developing her style over the following months during the pandemic lockdown. Her work has since been reviewed on Colossal, My Modern Met, and School of Stitched Textiles. She has been featured in print in Love Embroidery Magazine, The Montecito Journal, and Studio Visit Book, Vol. 3 by Arts To Hearts Project. She also taught an online workshop for members of The Stitch Club on TextileArtist.org and presented live with Creative Spark Online Learning. Her work was selected to be included in the group exhibition, Open Call: All Media 2025, at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. And, most recently, she wrote her first book, Richly Stitched Landscape Embroidery: Mastering Thread Painted Scenes, scheduled to be released on April 28, 2026.Cassandra lives and works in Camarillo, California, where she continues to produce original art pieces, and shares her love of hand embroidery on her social pages.School of Stitched Textiles https://www.sofst.org/Cassandra's Links:- Website: https://www.cassandramdias.com- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassiemdias- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cassiemdias- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cassiemdias- Pre-Order Richly Stitched Landscape Embroidery: https://rstyle.me/+vPmLRLQK7zZWBsXXrgvZjg- My Favorite Embroidery Products: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/Cassiemdias/productsets/11eec2ff5596b721968b0242ac110003
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    53 m
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