artist profile
Judi Miller
Judi’s love of textiles and nature inspire her to produce work that celebrates the natural elements of her surroundings. Through the use of colour and the texture of her threads, Judi endeavours to capture a moment in time, all together familiar, ordinary and extraordinary, in the grace and colour of a garden or the warmth and chaos of a ditch of wildflowers.
Judi Miller creates pictures using thread, a textile base and a sewing machine. In free motion machine embroidery, the sewing machine needle is used as a pencil or paintbrush. Photographs are most often a starting point that provide composition, colour and detail reference. She starts with a sketch on fabric and may use watercolour, pencil, silk paints or dyes to produce the desired effect for the background. She fills in detail using machine embroidery, from coarse texture to fine detail. Landscapes are a current favourite as the texture of the fabric and the thread enhance the composition.
Judi’s love of textiles and nature inspire her to produce work that celebrates the natural elements of her surroundings. Through the use of colour and the texture of her threads, Judi endeavours to capture a moment in time, all together familiar, ordinary and extraordinary, in the grace and colour of a garden or the warmth and chaos of a ditch of wildflowers.
Judi Miller creates pictures using thread, a textile base and a sewing machine. In free motion machine embroidery, the sewing machine needle is used as a pencil or paintbrush. Photographs are most often a starting point that provide composition, colour and detail reference. She starts with a sketch on fabric and may use watercolour, pencil, silk paints or dyes to produce the desired effect for the background. She fills in detail using machine embroidery, from coarse texture to fine detail. Landscapes are a current favourite as the texture of the fabric and the thread enhance the composition.
