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Local Heroes: Rug tufting
Local Heroes interviews Dana Finnigan, Molly Kent, Camila Richardson and Shona MacPherson to find out more about their work and rug tufting as a form of expression Feature by Stacey Hunter | 19 Apr 2021
Contemporary designers and artists in Scotland are pushing the disciplinary boundaries between textile design and fibre art with rug tufting. This is a technique that employs a pneumatic gun to shoot yarn through a fabric base to create a functional rug or a decorative wall hanging.
Molly Kent
Molly Kent is an Edinburgh based textile artist who represents aspects of mental and physical health through the mediums of rug tufting and weaving. Her work considers aspects of contemporary existence through the lens of social media and internet living and explores how this affects our perception of self. This stems from Kent’s personal experiences of her mental health condition CPTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder), but al
ROBERT Blomfield, who died in December of last year, at the age of 82, was, surely, one of the most accomplished photographers in post-war Britain. This fact is all the more remarkable because he remained, throughout his years behind the camera, an amateur photographer. In 1967, following the selection of a number of his pictures by the British Journal of Photography, Blomfield considered transforming his hobby into his occupation. However, fearing that working to commission would blunt the spontaneity of his images, he decided to continue in his chosen career in the medical profession. In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, Blomfield pursued his medical training and early career as a junior doctor in Edinburgh. A Yorkshireman, born in Leeds, he fell in love with the city, taking up Edinburghers’ affectionate nickname for their hometown “Auld Reekie”.
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