Julie Turner
Hythe, Kent, UK
Julie is a mixed media textile artist with a studio in Folkestone, Kent. Her work is informed by her background in psychology and teaching.
Julie’s work reflects her preoccupation with the significance of childhood experiences, in particular, those of maternal deprivation and loss.
Julie uses natural plant dyes, plant material and rust to change the surface quality of fabric. Plants are chosen in response to their meanings and rust is used as a signifier of loss. Julie also works with heat press techniques to create fabric designs. Once made Julie uses stitch to combine fabrics to make small pieces and larger installations, often in the form of faceless dolls and unwearable dresses. She sometimes combines these with plaster and wax.
Julie hopes her work is open to the projection of feeling from the viewer. It is often characterised as evoking a sense of loss.
Photographs: by the artist