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Ailish Henderson is an exciting young textile artist whose work is fun, quirky, tells interesting stories and uses a diverse range of media, though always grounded in cloth. In her Narrative Textiles book, she explains her working methods and how readers can harness them in their own work to create unique, deeply personal textile art pieces. She encourages readers to draw on your own personal memorabilia to create work that is meaningful – the intention is to capture a moment in time, a memory to treasure, a look on a face, a glance of love from a pet.

Ailish Henderson: https://www.ailishhenderson.com

Narrative Textiles

Throughout the book the author encourages working with freedom, instinct and honesty, bringing in a wealth of different techniques to create authentic stories in cloth, and most importantly, enjoy yourself along the way.

Narrative Textiles Book by Ailish Henderson: https://amzn.to/3Q3D8Pw 

Along with work from the author, the book also showcases work from textile artists such as Aran Illingworth, Jenni Dutton, Woo Jin Joo and Jordan Cunliffe.

Ailish Henderson is an artist, researcher and teacher who primarily works in textiles. Ailish exhibits widely, including at the Knitting and Stitching Show, and provides lectures and masterclasses to various organizations including the Embroiderers’ Guild and the WI. She has had three solo UK exhibitions to date, and has also exhibited key works in Rome. She is the former editor-in-chief for the Mr X Stitch website and her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Embroidery, Selvedge and Daphne’s Diary.

Other Book Reviews

A review of Soulful Stitch by Cas Holmes and Deena Beverley, is available here. The review is by author Deena Beverley and features many of the artworks featured in the publication.