Alison Holt

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I am a textile artist that specialises in silk painting and freehand machine embroidery

I was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.I completed a Foundation Course at Shrewsbury School of Art in 1976 and went on to study Fine Art/Textiles and Embroidery at Goldsmiths College, London qualifying in 1979. In the same year I was invited to exhibit in Texprint `79 as one of the years 30 most promising graduates.

Returning to Shropshire I taught textiles at Wrexham College of Art for three years before starting my own studio near Chester in 1982. I have worked from my studio in Oswestry since 2000.

I started to explore my love of the countryside, flowers and gardens through the medium of free hand machine embroidery finding it the perfect vehicle to express the colours, textures and shapes I find so fascinating.I try to combine in my compositions a sense of light and an interesting juxtaposition of colour, shape and texture. I aim to capture moments in time with all the skill of a fine artist who has the glorious addition of texture to play with.I consider myself a painter that uses threads, an artist that draws with a sewing machine.

I work to commission and exhibit my embroideries in the UK every year at the Chelsea Flower Show in May and BVA Open Studios in June and other venues visit my website for more information

www.alisonholt.com

 

 

 

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