I am an experimental mixed media textile artist who writes books and travels to teach and exhibit.
My personal obsession is that I like to embroider and work with fabrics that have been made from scratch. Experimental sketchbook work is important for me and I go on to create items that are fit for purpose so my bags, books, vessels, boxes and jewellery all have to be robust and useable.
I started as a traditional hand embroiderer and over the years gradually made the move over to being a mixed media textile artist who uses machine embroidery but who maintains a love for traditional stitching.
My published books are:
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'Bags with paper and stitch'
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'Embroidered books'
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'Mixed media: new studio techniques' (co-written with Maggie Grey)
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'Textile Adventures-mixed media and stitch'
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'Saxon and Medieval Inspiration'
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'Brusho Basics'
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'Layer Upon Layer Upon Layer'
Textile Adventures, Saxon and Medieval Inspirations and Layer upon layer upon layer are self published by Isobel Hall and can be bought directly from her by contacting
[email protected]