Marna Lunt : Artist Using Bold Colour & Thread Instead Of Paint
Today on the Stitchery Stories embroidery and textile art podcast, Marna Lunt shares her life in fabric & thread. Marna is a fine artist turned hand embroidery artist who offers online embroidery courses, as well as one off original paintings, drawings, thread paintings, and contemporary embroidery.
Marna shares why she moved from painting, to painting with a needle and in our conversation, classical art and art history are a recurring subject. However, when family life meant that large-scale painting in oils wasn't practical, Marna turned to fabric & thread for relaxation, therapy and to earn a living.
Susan Weeks chats with Marna about:
Using thread in a painterly way Taking part in Stitchtober & Threaduary 'Guiding Lights'... starting a conversation about inspirational women Being a painter at heart How she got started earning a living from her hand embroidery Feeling overwhelmed with >80K followers Inspirational Italian Renaissance painters The North Yorkshire Moors - same scenes, different colours every day Struggling with the idea of being called a textile artist Including colours in skin tones Applying fine art techniques to colour blending with stitches Nobody can copy what is in your brain Celebrating high points and daily achievements alike Fitting stitching around her children's care and family timeand much more...
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Marna's work at https://stitcherystories.com/marnalunt
Follow the Stitchery Stories Instagram channel at: https://www.instagram.com/stitcherystories_podcast/
Visit: http://www.marnalunt.co.uk
Look: https://www.instagram.com/marnalunt
Like: https://www.facebook.com/marnaluntartist/
Shop: https://madebyhandonline.com/collections/marna-lunt
Visit: ArtAnd at York Racecourse 26-28 Oct 2018 https://www.artand.co.uk/
Visit: CraftedByHand at Masham Town Hall (North Yorkshire) 3 & 4 Nov 2018
http://www.by-handevents.com/
Other people, things & places mentioned in this episode:
MadeByHandOnline.com Cowslip Workshops: https://www.cowslipworkshops.co.uk/tutor/marna-lunt
Andy from Vinegar & Brown Paper
Adam Pritchett (previous guest on Stitchery Stories)
Cas Holmes (previous guest on Stitchery Stories)
Frida Kahlo
Vivienne Westwood
Ada Lovelace
Textile Landscapes by Cas Holmes
Elnaz Yazdani : Contemporary Textile Art With Unusual Materials
Jack Roberts: Freehand Machine Embroidery Fine Artist
Alison Holt: Freehand Machine Embroidery Landscapes
Caroline Hyde-Brown : Weaving Plant Material Into Textile Art
Hannah Thompson: A Transformational Year As A Creative Business
Holly Jackson : Mixing modern stumpwork embroidery with mixed media : An artists journey
Jayne Emerson Returns: Impatient Textile Rebel
Emma Horan: Cornwall Cross Stitch Kit Designer
Lottie Cockell : Growing Her Creative Business From Hand Embroidery
Prism Textiles Group: behind the scenes of their annual textile art exhibition
Sarah Gwyer : Contemporary Embroidery Beaded Pop Art
Vanessa Marr: Domestic Dusters: Embroidery On Women And Domesticity
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Stacey Jones : Modern Abstract Hand Embroidery
Floriane Schmitt : Creative Fabric Manipulation Ideas
Cath Janes : Hand Embroidered Human Anatomy
Susan Hensel : Communicating Ideas Through Digital Machine Embroidery
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