kimedith.com
Portsmouth
I am a mixed media textile artist based in Southsea. I have an interest in
exploring narrative through textiles, using mixed media collage to create fabric
books, art quilts and collections of themed illustrations. I am also interested
in journaling and telling personal stories through collections of memories, data
and photographs. My background is a combination of art and design practices - I
studied Illustration at Kingston University before becoming a secondary school
textiles teacher. I combine the two disciplines to create fabric artwork with an
illustrative quality and narrative. For example I often use song lyrics and
quotations as starting points, and text features in most of my artwork. Whilst
studying illustration I specialised in creating whimsical collages from sketches
and paper ephemera and I bring the same techniques to textiles, layering
fabrics, stitch and embellishments to create mixed-media mini-quilts and fabric
books. I love to work to a specific theme and take on long projects focusing on
one topic. This might turn into a series of Illustrations (The World of Jane
Austen), a fabric book (Into The Woods) or a single large piece built up over
time (Lockdown Quilt). A lover of bright colours and bold prints, I draw
inspiration from 1960s and 70s children’s books, psychedelic music posters and
vintage textiles. I am very lucky to have a studio on the seafront in Old
Portsmouth which is open to the public.
