About Jilli
Jilli Blackwood is an internationally known textile designer and
artist. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1986 with a
1st class honours degree in Art and Design, her work has been
exhibited extensively, and she is represented in many prestigious
museum, corporate, and private collections worldwide.
Her distinctive work with textiles is wide ranging; from
clothing and accessories through bespoke home furnishings to fine
art wall hangings. She also paints in oil, producing vivid abstract
paintings; beautiful, vibrant, simmering surfaces replete with
hidden meaning and eroticism.
Jilli’s vision
Jilli is renowned for her embroidery techniques and for
combining different fabrics such as silk, leather, and linen to
create a colourful, sensual, three-dimensional surface. All fabrics
are hand dyed in an inspirational process of artistic alchemy.
In addition, Jilli also weaves her own fabrics on a 24 inch
Harris loom.
Her work breaks down the barrier between craft and art. Each
original piece, from a waistcoat to a wall hanging, is bold,
elegant, stylish, and a true work of art.
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