INSPIRING PEOPLE
Fleur Woods
An interview with...
We head down under to chat with New Zealander Fleur Woods, master of the art of slow, soothing stitching
Interview by Julian Odessa
“Enthusiasm for my work never fails to blow me away, originals rarely hang around for long.”
Speaking to us from beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand, Fleur Woods shares how she cultivated her ‘Stitched Painting’ style, her joy of the creative process, and the release of her new book The Untamed Thread to inspire creativity in others…
How did you first get into fibre arts?
Ibegan adding stitching to my work in around 2015. It was very experimental with simple stitches on paper and then using them in mixed media collages. As I stitched more, Ihad the light bulb moment of realising both painters and stitchers use linen as abase. Iexplored what Icame to call Stitched Painting, growing apassion for all things fibre.