Catherine Hill
Crewe, Cheshire, UK
Catherine’s creative practice harnesses the use of text and narrative to bring to life memories of her childhood, her adult life, and Lancashire's social history.
She first composes the narrative in the form of short sentences, snippets of speech or an essence of a meaning, and then shapes these into a final design.
Catherine incorporates everyday objects in some works and even recreated a complete life size matchbox in hand embroidered kimono silk thread.
Many of her works are in her ‘Red Square’ format which uses what is now her signature red thread (inspired by the Lancashire Rose), combined with a vintage or re-purposed fabric to narrate a story in a perfect square of embroidered words.
Catherine is a multi-award-winning artist whose work appears in numerous publications and has been exhibited across the UK and the World, including New York, Germany, Ukraine, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Brazil, Spain, and Australia.
Her work in the permanent collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
She has a YouTube Channel called ‘Arnold’s Attic’ where she shares the work of fellow textile artists.
Photographs: Christopher James Hall