Gillian is a textile artist based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. She takes her inspiration from the surrounding seaside towns (the residents and architecture), holiday advertising, old postcodes and vintage footage of seaside holidays - producing quirky images of bandstands, helter-skelter, beach huts, 99's, carousels and deck-chairs.
She produces lovely, nostalgic textile images; very intricate black machine embroidered glimpses of everyday seaside life - highlighted with bright coloured pieces of fabric. On a background of plain cotton drill, she draws her images, freehand with needle and thread, creating pops of colour with fabric - a mix of recycled, vintage and new - to create beautiful art canvases.
Link to website: http://www.gillian-bates.com/index.aspx
I really like these textiles pictures. They look fairly simple, but when you examine them closely they are really quite detailed. I love the sudden pops of colour.
Link to website: http://www.gillian-bates.com/index.aspx
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