She used text in her textile!

Karen Nicol spoke to us today at NUA.  She is an embroiderer, a multi-media textile artist.  She talked about her work for fashion designers, she described the sequence of research, studio work and presentation of her work - very impressive.  But what I heard was her love of textiles, her involvement with scissors and needles and thread, her use of technology and her faithful Irish sewing machine.

What I admired was her inventiveness, her practicality, her resourcefulness, her individuality and her irreverence.

Her work has taken her all over the world, she has high profile clients, she loves car boot sales, she is inspired by fine art.  Her advice was 'trust your instincts'.