Marian Murphy
Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
As an embroiderer Marian varies her material repertoire to suit the pieces she is making. Fabric manipulation, fabric and stitch are sometimes combined with wire, wood, plaster and paint. It is the versatility and the sometimes unpredictable changes that take place when the different materials come together that she exploits and develops to make her objects.
Themes in her work are often developed from an interest in the extraordinary shapes of the clothed human form both ancient and modern, making use of the museum and art gallery for her research. She is also interested in land formations and the erosion that is happening along many parts of our beautiful fragile coastline.
Photographs: by the artist