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FEATURE // crossing oceans textile artists

Elaine Quehl CANADA
Elaine studies light,
shade, shadow,
movement and curve by
recreating encounters
with nature which
feature foliage, trees,
flowers and the cycles
of nature. Her hand
dyed fabrics provide the
wide range of values
she employs to create
depth, drama, contrast
and to read like natures
dappled light.
www.elainequehl.com

‘Sporogenesis’,
Elaine Quehl

‘Oriental Pot 1 – Blossom’, Hilary Beattie ‘Armchair Gardener’, Laura Wasilowski
Hilary Beattie, UNITED KINGDOM Laura Wasilowski, USA
Hilary is an artist who works with textiles and mixed Laura is a contemporary quilter whose work is collected
media to try and share her vision of the natural world with and exhibited locally and internationally. Laura’s love is the
others. Hilary’s techniques are innovative and cutting edge art quilt; she describes it as an enjoyable marriage of fabric
in the world of textile art. Hilary’s inclusive nature draws colour, hand embroidery and whimsical stories. Laura hand
everybody towards her at demonstrations stands and she dyed fabric and threads.
is extremely generous with her ideas and techniques. www.artfabrik.com
www.hilarybeattie.co.uk

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