Harriet Riddell

Harriet Riddell
Born1990
EducationUniversity of Hertfordshire
Known fortextile art
Websiteinstitchyou.com

Harriet Riddell (born 1990) is a performance textile artist and educator from Oxfordshire who uses freeform embroidery to create stitched portraits and live scenarios.[1] Often stitching in challenging locations such as public markets, slums and fields, she has used solar energy, bicycle-powered batteries, and foot pedals to power her sewing machine.[2] Riddell has exhibited her work around the world including in London,[3] Delhi, Nairobi and Toronto.[4]

Riddell initially learned to use a sewing machine as a young child from her mother.[5] Riddell's grandmother, a Canadian textile artist,[6] taught her freeform embroidery when Riddell was ten years old.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About Harriet Riddell". InStitchYou Harriet Riddell. Retrieved 13 November 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Sewing machine portraits powered by bike". BBC News. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ Thind, Jagmeeta (11 May 2015). "British textile artist Harriet Riddell will exhibit her India-centric works in London". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Oxfordshire Artweeks". www.artweeks.org. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b Darley, Judy (Summer 2017). "An Interview with Harriet Riddell". Cross Stitcher. pp. 38–39.
  6. ^ "Harriet Riddell interview: Performance textile artist". TextileArtist.org. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.