大象传媒

Textile artist Maxine Bristow demonstrates how she creates large scale textile pieces. She explains that creativity is often being seen as adventurous, intuitive and exciting. However, the way she works is very laborious and repetitive, using very detailed processes. Her techniques refer to textile history and the devalued 'female' crafts such as weaving and embroidery. She explains that order, stillness and quiet can be very expressive and that art does not have to be restricted to paint. She is interested in functional objects found in a second-hand shop - pillowcases, handkerchiefs and old linen. She talks about the division between art and craft, and that she wants to make large, canvas-sized artworks.