Jae Maries
Jae's main theme since graduating from Reading University (BA Hons Fine Art) has been to represent people in everyday situations. She often makes use of thumb nail sketches as inspiration which are then developed in to life size wall hung textile pieces.
More recently, Jae's work has changed direction and she is creating panels using her Visual Diaries as her resource. The marks, symbols and relevant studio fragments represent the events, feelings and actions that impact on Jae in her everyday life.
Jae trained as an oil painter and moved in to stitched textiles later in her career with the intention of combining stitched surfaces with painted fabric sections. The challenge of working simulatenously with oil painted surfaces and fabrics is technically stretching but she enjoys the contrast between the spontaneity of the brush stroke and the hands-on tactile approach that comes with dyeing, manipulating and stitching in to fabric.
As well as being an artist, Jae is an internationally recognised lecturer and tutor in creative textiles and has taught in Australia and USA. She has also exhibited widely in Japan, Israel, USA and Switzerland as well as the UK. She is an exhibiting member of 62 Group of Textile Artists.
Here are some examples of Jae's work. These are all painted fabrics with hand and machine stitching.
Shoreline
Shoreline
Flora
Tracts 1
Lorna and Bridget
Barbara
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