ARTISTS TALKING

“Quilting for men…was a term applied to Marquetry after labour intensive woodworking had become less in demand and relegated to folk art status.”

Helen Thompstone, whose experimens in Marquetry are witty and delightful, approaches this unusual medium with respect and enthusiasm. Her research takes in the development of marquetry and its relationship to current views on folk/outsider/tramp art. Globalised resourcing comes into the frame as does the contemporary resurgence of ‘crafting’, and with it debates around the genderisation of certain traditions. Read on »