When Sonia Delaunay made a quilt for her new baby using scraps of fabric (shown above), she started on a path that would lead her to becoming one of the most famous textile designers of the 20th century. She continued to create her geometric pattern fabrics well into her old age.
Surrealist Eileen Agar's sculpture (above) is probably her best known piece. It is a life size head wrapped in colourful silk scarfs, jewellery and feathers. Judith Scott was a textile artist who had Down's Syndrome. She would produce large scale sculptures from found objects that she wrapped in layer upon layer of wool, fabric and thread (below).
Suzanne Tidwell is one of a group of yarn bombers from Seattle. These artists started by creating a form of knitted graffiti, but they are now being commissioned to produce installations for the city.
Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss film maker and artist. As part of an installation at the Hayward Gallery she created a chandelier from underwear.
Pop Artists James Rosenquist started his painting in the tradition of Andy Warhol and others by looking at billboard adverts and supermarket packaging, however he has taken his work further by distorting the colourful images as though viewed through a fairground mirror.
Film maker Peter Greenaway created a fictional character called Tulse Luper. He made an installation of 93 suitcases that contained clues to Luper's identity.
Tracy Emin used her signature autobiographical style to create this bag for the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Peter Clark is an artist who uses his vast collection of collage material to create illustrations of garments and more, such as the bag pictured below.
When Sonia Delaunay made a quilt for her new baby using scraps of fabric (shown above), she started on a path that would lead her to becoming one of the most famous textile designers of the 20th century. She continued to create her geometric pattern fabrics well into her old age.
Surrealist Eileen Agar's sculpture (above) is probably her best known piece. It is a life size head wrapped in colourful silk scarfs, jewellery and feathers. Judith Scott was a textile artist who had Down's Syndrome. She would produce large scale sculptures from found objects that she wrapped in layer upon layer of wool, fabric and thread (below).
Suzanne Tidwell is one of a group of yarn bombers from Seattle. These artists started by creating a form of knitted graffiti, but they are now being commissioned to produce installations for the city.
Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss film maker and artist. As part of an installation at the Hayward Gallery she created a chandelier from underwear.
Pop Artists James Rosenquist started his painting in the tradition of Andy Warhol and others by looking at billboard adverts and supermarket packaging, however he has taken his work further by distorting the colourful images as though viewed through a fairground mirror.
