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Inspirational 20 is now released for instant download and instant access. Pick up a copy at:  https://payhip.com/b/OX4M Over 100 pages in interviews and imagery from contemporary artists around the globe - from textiles to collage, from painting to photography. All previous issues of Inspirational are available from:  https://payhip.com/johnhopper or why not take out a subscription to Inspirational, delivered monthly to your email. It's as easy as following the link:  https://payhip.com/b/MNp6 Inspirational...celebrating creativity # inspirational   # inspiration   # creativity   # artmagazine   # artpublication   # textileart # fiberart   # painting   # photography   # collage   # digital   # conceptual

Welcome to the 17 th  issue of Inspirational magazine. In this issue inspirational features interviews with four new artists, as well as one previous featured artist with new work, a community article, a project article, a book review, and events pages highlighting exhibitions and art events from around the world. Feature artist:   Akiko Suzuki  is the internationally renowned Japanese textile/fiber artist. She has worked in a range of disciplines and collaborated creatively and highly successfully with fellow creative artists on an international stage. Akiko gives an in-depth interview and shows a range of her work in this Inspirational feature.          Feature artist:   Amy Oliver  is a profound British conceptual artist that works with her own experiences regarding among other subjects – mental health, women’s rights, abuse and identity. Amy gives an in-depth interview and shows a range of her work in this Inspirationa...

Welcome to the 16 th issue of Inspirational magazine. In this issue inspirational features interviews with four new artists, one previous featured artist with new work, a talent spot artist, a book review, and events pages highlighting exhibitions and art events from around the world. Aline Brant  is a Brazilian-based artist that produces embellished and embroidered work over and through photographs, connecting the figures in the photographs to a larger, expansive reality, one that rejoices in colour and nature. Debra Fritts  is a US-based  sculptor that produces amazingly h aunting figurative work, images that are part of narratives that are magical, otherworldly, but at the same time rooted in our own experiences. Rita Summers  is an Australian-based artist, designer and passionate eco dyer, and upcycler. Her work in awareness of who we are, where we are, and the impact our lives have on everything and everyone around us is an example of how creativity c...

10 years online. 350+ contemporary artists featured. 15 reference books written 15 issues of an art magazine produced. 40 art magazine and book articles written. International jurying. A wealth of exhibition and book reviews. From The Textile Blog to Inspirational and beyond ...inspiring creativity. http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/ https://inspirational-magazine.blogspot.com/

Trapped, constricted, tied down by societies rules of norm. It is a shared history for many, and depressingly a largely female one. Whilst many men had at least some room for manoeuvre within their lot, some could work their way into different fields, different positions, some could emigrate, start afresh, anew, women could only really change their circumstances under the shadow of another.  The men in their life, whether father, brother, husband, son, often set the parameters of a womans life, and the opportunities, or lack of them. Women had few if any outlets for growth, and were expected to support and compliment the world of the men in their life, that role was rarely reciprocal. I know from the stories in my own family history, as well as that of others, the staggering amount of women, generation after generation after generation, who lived in frustration, angry at the tiny world they were deemed to need. Many of them more sharply aware that they were more talented, more ener...

Today sees the release of Inspirational Plus - man/body/fiber 6 artists/8 questions The artists: Anthony Stevens, Cos Ahmet, James Fox, Joe Lewis, Luke Haynes, Stewart Kelly The questions: Why fiber/textiles and not another discipline? What does it mean to you personally, being a man? What does it mean to you being a man in the fiber/textiles field? How do you think that your gender influences your work as an artist? What do you think that you have brought with you to the fiber/textiles discipline, by being a man? Do you express your gender through fiber/textiles in a general, or more personal level? Would you encourage more men to enter the fiber/textiles world, and if so, why? What next for Ant/Cos/James/Joe/Luke/ Stewart? Inspirational Plus comes in at 76 pages, with 49 full page, full colour photos of artists work. All imagery and all answers to questions are entirely the choice of each artist, nothing has been edited by me. Inspirational Plus can be bought for $6.99, and instantly...

Ian Berry: Journey Home , 2013. Photo credit: courtesy of the artist ianberry.org From workwear to haute couture, historical to contemporary, rebellion to endeavour, a new exhibition opening this August, Love Thy Denim, celebrates the many faces of our beloved denim. This exciting and impressive fashion exhibition will explore the origins and versatility of denim, from its workwear heritage in the Wild West right through to its adoption into mainstream fashion and becoming the fabric of our everyday lives. There will be many key pieces on display, including a jacket and trousers from Vivienne Westwood’s 1991 Cut, Slash and Pull collection, the first time that this ensemble has been out on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A). Among the other exhibition highlights are a Jean Paul Gaultier men’s ensemble on loan from the Fashion Museum Bath, a piece from Maison Margiela’s SS2009 Artisanal Collection, exhibits from British denim revivalists Blackhorse Lane Ateliers and n...

Henry Hussey: Betrayal Henry Hussey: Solidarity British textile artist Henry Hussey works with actress Maxine Peak to inspire Reliquaries  Henry Hussey’s solo show Reliquaries opens at  Gallery 8  in London on Monday 12 July 2016.  Hussey’s work for Reliquaries is drawn from three key inspirations from the artist’s life. His relationship with his father, death and memory, and a growing political awareness. Within the overall works of Reliquaries, there are two other bodies of work, The Last Breath and Locking Horns. Hussey describes the making of such artworks as cathartic in that they deal directly and honestly with the complexities of his familial relationships.  Hussey found out that his father had two families, neither of whom knew of each other, and the anger arising from this informed his work to date.  This inspired the body of work Locking Horns. Henry Hussey: Expulsion Now the artist has chosen to move on from the catalyst of this anger toward...

Plants, flowers, gardens, insects and birds are a rich source of inspiration for artists and designers of all kinds. This beautiful guide demonstrates how to get the most out of your surroundings to create original and unique pieces in textiles. Beginning with a chapter on drawing from nature, the book demonstrates how to use sketchbooks and create mood boards to explore your local environment and landscape. The author demonstrates how to make small pieces such as folding books based on observational drawing and stitch. Moving on to a section on floral inspiration, the author shows how to use plants and flowers in your work, from using stencilled flower motifs as embellishment to printing with plants onto fabric and making simple relief prints. Finally, the Taking Flight chapter demonstrates how to move into three-dimensions and sculptural work with birds and insects made from cloth. Featuring step-by-step projects as well as work from contemporary artists, makers and collaborative gro...