Jane McKeating
Artist Statement
My playful textile surfaces depict universal themes, telling visual stories of inconsequential life events through sequences of images. Drawing is central to my practice as I move between drawing, print and stitch to create textiles at various scales, enjoying quirky humour while observing complex pattern details and personalities within real and imaginary worlds.
Using print processes to translate drawn images onto cloth, I add and subtract marks through stitch and by removing warp or weft threads. Print enables endless repetition, so drawn characters appear in different guises and scales over time.
I'm interested in the haptic qualities of stitch and cloth, exploring relationships between touch and vision. My synaesthesia impacts colour use, explored through intensive handstitched patternmaking, creating richly coloured, tactile surfaces.
Over 35 years, my work has evolved from large-scale machine embroidery to small rag books, and recently found cloth pieces. After teaching at Manchester School of Art, I now work full-time from my Stockport studio.
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Location
Stockport
Member Since
2020
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