VICKY BILTON
TEXTILES
WEBSITE www.folksy.com/shop/vickysew
EMAIL vickybilton@aol.com
MOBILE O7719 733 618
INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/VickyBilton
PROFILE
When Vicky was 10 she was lucky enough to be taught by a female class teacher who rewarded hard work with sewing all afternoon. In the sewing class room there was a double fronted cupboard full of every shade of Anchor Tapestry thread.
Thirty years later Vicky found a library book with Jan Beaney’s work in it and soon after saw Alice Kettle's tremendous wall hangings in Winchester, from there she became hooked!
In 2000, Vicky completed a 4 year City & Guilds Creative Embroidery course. Since then, she has been working as an artist-maker in textiles for over 20 years.
MY CRAFT
I am drawn to the seasons, the landscape and to nature. I am also attracted to the things that go un-noticed such as the ever changing fragility of old buildings, rusty doors or flaking paint. I love using natural dyes, especially Indigo and woad which I grow in my garden.
When creating new pieces I use two main embroidery techniques: free machine embroidery, where I use the needle and thread to draw my designs in a freehand way.
The second is hand sewing techniques, such as slow stitching and Japanese Boro, where layers of scraps, distressed and pre-used fabrics or paper are used to create a whole new piece by layering, trapping, folding, darning and mending.
I enjoy printing, painting, dyeing and staining fabrics and paper, to create interesting backgrounds. After careful selection, pieces are layered, patched and pieced.
Purple Moon
20" x 16"
£75 framed
Surfer's Wave
19.5" x 19.5"
£110 framed
Spire Skies
12.5" x 12.5"
£95 framed
Winter Beach
13.5" x 13.5"
£75 framed
Robin
16" x 16"
£95 framed
Winter Trees
17" x 15"
£75 framed
Honesty
12" x 12"
£60 framed
