Saturday, July 20, 2019

ArtCloth Textiles Created by Marie-Therese Wisniowski

Guest Editors: Judy Newman and Clare Mooney
IntoCraft: Live Creatively
Expertise Events


Preamble
For your convenience I have listed other posts in this series:
That Little Art Place
Art Quill Studio@2018 Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair
Art Quill Studio@2019 Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair



Introduction
Marie-Therese has been selected as a special guest at the 2019 Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Wharf from July 25 - 28, 2019. This year Expertise Events have launched their inaugural Handmade Artisan Gallery at this years fair and two of Marie-Therese's ArtCloth works have selected to be exhibited and they are:

Artist: Marie-Therese Wisniowski.
Title: Ginninderra (full view).
Technique and Media: The artist's signature MultiSperse Dye Sublimation technique employing disperse dyes, native flora and low relief items on delustered satin.
Size: 60 cm (width) x 120 cm (length).

Artist: Marie-Therese Wisniowski.
Title: When the Rain Comes (full view).
Technique and Media: The artist's signature MultiSperse Dye Sublimation technique employing disperse dyes, native flora, multiple resists and low relief items on delustered satin.
Size: 60 cm (width) x 120 cm (length).


ArtCloth Textiles Created by Marie-Therese Wisniowski[1]
Guest Editors: Judy Newman and Clare Mooney

Do you ever get a bit sick of seeing the same prints and styles in every shop you visit and wish for something a little more unique and individual? Well then, have a look at the unique textiles from Marie-Therese Wisiowski.

Marie-Therese screen-printing in her Art Quill Studio at Arcadia Vale in New South Wales, Australia.

After years of dabbling in fabric printing and dyeing, graphic designer Marie-Therese decided to follow her passion and set-up ArtCloth textiles in 1998. In 2001 that grew to encompass her own independent print studio - Art Quill Studio - which specialises in creating unique, contemporary, high quality, hand-dyed and hand-printed ArtCloth textiles using time honoured and complex surface design techniques. All items are custom designed and made in Australia.

'Cult Graf' velvet ArtCloth scarf.
Technique and Media: Dyed, over-dyed, discharged, silk screened and foiled employing dyes and foil on silk rayon velvet. Printed both sides.
Size: 28 cm (width) x 180 cm (length).

Chocolate 'Rainforest Beauty' ArtCloth pashmina wrap collection.
Technique and Media: Dyed, over-dyed and silk screened employing dyes, glazes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).

'I create a range of items that have been created using a range of natural fibers/fabrics that started as pure white fabrics before I got to them!' Marie-Therese explains. 'These fabrics include cotton, linen, rayon, bamboo silk, silk rayon velvet, silks and viscose blends.'

'My ArtCloth fabric and scarf collections showcase all of my interests and influences: environmental landscapes, urban landscapes and early civilisation and prehistoric/historic art. The collections are created as a limited edition series and are not repeated,' Marie-Therese Wisniowski explains.

'Cultural Graffiti' ArtCloth fabric length in rich red/warm gold hues.
Technique and Media: Dyed, over-dyed, discharged, silk screened and foiled on rayon employing dyes, pigment, metallic paint and foil.
Size: 185 cm (width) x 121 cm (length).

'Renaissance Man' in magenta/purple hues (detailed view).
Technique and Media: Dyed, overdyed, screen printed employing transparent, opaque and metallic pigments on cotton.
Size: 113 cm (width) x 100 cm (length).

'ArtCloth textiles are a unique creation, never to be repeated in color, tone or overall design. Some of the design elements may re-appear in other items, but the overall colors, printing/overprinting and design features is what ensures their uniqueness as a one-off speciality item to covet. Every ArtCloth textile is an original work and cannot be replicated. Hence if you buy one of my scarves you will never find a reproduction walking towards you!'

Title: Ginkgo Love.
ArtCloth fat quarters collection in two colour ways - black and purple (detail view).
Technique and Media: Dyed, lino block and screen printed employing metallic and opaque pigments on cotton.

Marie-Therese employs various surface design techniques to create the imagery for her ArtCloth textiles. 'These techniques include the initial image/mark-making process of drawing and designing and creating printing tools which feature in the designs,' Marie-Therese details. 'As with all of my textile art and designs, plain white fabrics are individually dyed followed by over-dyeing, discharging, hand painting, stencilling, stamping, screen-printing, foiling and other processes on natural fibers.'

Title: Acanthus Dream.
ArtCloth fat quarters collection in two color ways: warm red-orange hues and cool blue-green hues (detailed view).
Technique and Media: The artist’s signature magnesium silicate-ombre screen printing technique, screen printed employing transparent and opaque pigments on cotton.

The dyes and paints used are color-fast, light-fast and wash-fast. Hence, the cotton, linen and rayon fabrics can be washed in the washing machine on a 'gentle' cycle, whereas delicate fabrics such as bamboo silk, silk rayon velvet, silks and viscose blends should be gently hand washed. 'Most of my ArtCloth textiles can be dry cleaned with the exception of pieces employing metallic foils,' Marie-Therese explains.

Title: Urban Butterfly.
ArtCloth fat quarters collection with bright red accents (detailed view).
Technique and Media: Screen printed employing glazes, transparent and opaque pigments on cotton.

ArtCloth textiles are available as fabric lengths, fat quarters, fabric samplers and scarves and are perfect for craft, wearable art, accessories, quilting, furnishing and interior design projects, as well as framed artworks.

Marie-Therese's ArtCloth works have received numerous national and international awards as well as being exhibited both in Australia and internationally. They are held in major public and private collections in Australia, Canada, Dubai, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand and the USA. She is also available for workshops and lectures.

Marie-Therese discussing the various techniques and media she employs to create each individual ArtCloth Textile at the 2018 Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair, noting that each completed multi dyed and multi layered/printed piece started off as a pure white piece of fabric!

Meet Marie-Therese Wisniowski and see her work on display at Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair, July 25 to 28, 2019. Her stand is Art Quill Studio, H21.


Reference:
[1] http://intocraft.com.au/blog/artcloth-textiles-by-maria-therese-wisniowski/

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