About Lindsey Thomas | Needle Felt & Spun Cotton Artist | London
Lindsey is a fibre artist based in London, England. In practices known as needle-felting and spun-cotton respectively, she pokes and stabs at wool with needles from industrial feltmaking machines and wraps wire in cotton with thread until characterful creations begin to emerge.
'I find joy in the way a pile of fluff can be magically transformed into whatever animal might be summoned from my mind. Once the face is there with eyes to peer at me as I stab life into the creatures, I fall a little bit in love with them.
I gained a degree in illustration from Middlesex University in 2012. I used my time studying to experiment with mixed media but it wasn't until afterwards that I discovered fibre art and the wonderful ability of wool to make my illustrated characters three-dimensional.
As a child, I was forever drawing animals and imagining what they would be like if they could peel themselves from the paper. Now I know!'
Lindsey has illustrated two children’s picture books published by Penguin Junior and her work has been featured in the New York Times.
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