Harriet Riddell
Harriet Riddell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 |
| Education | University of Hertfordshire |
| Known for | textile art |
| Website | institchyou |
Harriet Riddell (born 1990) is a performance textile artist and educator from Oxfordshire who uses freeform embroidery to create stitched portraits and live scenarios.[1] Often stitching in challenging locations such as public markets, slums and fields, she has used solar energy, bicycle-powered batteries, and foot pedals to power her sewing machine.[2] Riddell has exhibited her work around the world including in London,[3] Delhi, Nairobi and Toronto.[4]
Riddell initially learned to use a sewing machine as a young child from her mother.[5] Riddell's grandmother, a Canadian textile artist,[6] taught her freeform embroidery when Riddell was ten years old.[5]
References[]
- ^ "About Harriet Riddell". InStitchYou Harriet Riddell. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "Sewing machine portraits powered by bike". BBC News. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ Thind, Jagmeeta (2015-05-11). "British textile artist Harriet Riddell will exhibit her India-centric works in London". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "Oxfordshire Artweeks". www.artweeks.org. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ a b Darley, Judy (Summer 2017). "An Interview with Harriet Riddell". Cross Stitcher. pp. 38–39.
- ^ "Harriet Riddell interview: Performance textile artist". TextileArtist.org. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century British women artists
- Alumni of the University of Hertfordshire
- People from Oxfordshire
- British textile artists
- British performance artists
- 21st-century textile artists
- Women textile artists
- Women performance artists
- 1990 births