Nicola moody
Having completed an MA in Contemporary Textile in 2016 Nicola has been able to establish herself as a Textile Artist.
Walking in the countryside is a fundamental part of her practice. Her chosen medium is textiles and increasingly this has become the specific disciplines of weaving and freehand machine embroidery. What she creates often references the experience of moving in the landscape, but also speaks of the materials that she works with and comes to know through the physical act of making. Nicola enjoys altering preexistent cloth using embroidery to imbued and embellish the surface with thread or creating a surface through weaving.
Weaving has a legacy. It consists of vital elements; warp and weft, they have to work together. Nicola works within this basic structure but at the same time considers the impact of making alterations to generate one- off pieces. She enjoys the preparation and the intimacy that is inevitable as every piece of yarn is touched and positioned, and the intuition that is necessary to create cloth. This slow process allows for an alternative way of making and thinking to that of much modern technology. It is within the act of making and the choices made that relate to scale, materials and techniques that she seeks to express elements of the journey that have become more dominant.
In addition to selling and exhibiting her work, Nicola has worked as an artist in residence, produced one off commissions for individual clients and has an established practice as an art educator
This piece is constructed on canvas using Free-hand Machine embroidery and paint. The tree is the focus and is produced through intense stitch. The stitching becomes looser as it moves away from the tree and it becomes embedded in paint. The tree remains intense as the focus of a journey up the hill the other elements that are passed are less memorable and thus less intense.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimension: 76cm x 100cm x 3cm
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“The Journey or The Destination” has been handwoven, the imagery is conveyed through disperse dye on a synthetic warp. Freehand machine embroidery and hand embroidery have also been used to add further texture and detail. The inspiration for this piece has come from the fact that when walking in the countryside we often have an intended destination. However, in many cases although we aspire to reach a certain point it is actually the Journey that can be most valuable.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 150cm x 32cm x 0.5cm
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“Rust and Cyanotype” is a handwoven piece that has been created by dying a cotton warp yarn with rust and cyanotype on a cotton warp. This piece has been inspired by the distinct difference of experiencing the earth and the atmosphere on a particular walk on the edge of Luton.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 160cm x 30cm x 0.5cm
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In 'Mud Weave' the weft is coated with mud from the locality. The colour of the final cloth was generated from the location. The weft was woven in with decreasing amounts of mud as the weft traversed the warp and journeyed up into the lighter more open weave towards the top of this piece.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 150cm x 50cm x 0.5cm
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This handwoven textile hanging is inspired by the transient state of a tree viewed through the fog. For a time, the way we are able to experience the tree is through the fog, blurred and surrounded. The warp has been hand painted prior to being woven. Once the weft threads are introduced the strong image of the tree becomes pixilated and is contained within the cloth. 2018
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 100cm x 96cm x 0.5cm
One of a kind
This handwoven textile hanging is inspired by the transient state of a tree viewed through the fog. For a time, the way we are able to experience the tree is through the fog, blurred and surrounded. The warp has been hand painted prior to being woven. Once the weft threads are introduced the strong image of the tree becomes pixilated and is contained within the cloth.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 100cm x 96cm x 0.5cm
One of a kind
‘Waterfall’ is based on the experience of walking up and alongside a waterfall on the way to Easedale Tarn in the Lake District. I have used Photoshop to explored the contrast of the shapes and patterns created by the water. I was struck on this occasion by the idea that from a distance the waterfall looks like a stationary white mark on the landscape. It is only by moving up it and walking close by it, that you can experience it.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 200cm × 40cm × 0.5cm
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‘Stitched Land’ is created using freehand machine embroidery and stitch. It references a walk in Wales. When walking in the countryside there are often points that remain more intense in our memory, points to rest and take in the view. Other areas are less significant and yet are a vital part of the phenomenology of the walk.
Artist: Nicola Moody
Tapestry
Dimensions: 60cm x 60cm x 3cm
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