‘Sheep on a Thousand Hills #2’ by Sarah Ritchie

My latest fibre artwork is finished! This time I've started a series of smaller works titled ‘Sheep on a Thousand Hills’.

My fibre artwork ‘Ewetopia: Two Sheep in Aotearoa’ is a finalist in the Changing Threads Contemporary Textile Fibre Art Awards 2024!

Creators love to build ‘stash’, one of every colour of the medium they use. Unless you track your stash it's easy to duplicate accidentally.

Would you like to see how my latest fibre artwork came together for ‘Outback Illusion’?

My latest fibre creation! ‘Outback Illusion’ by Sarah Ritchie.

Do your colour choices help to create your individual style?

Would you like to see how my latest fibre artwork, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ came together?

‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ by Sarah Ritchie 450mm x 340mm New Zealand wool fibre, silk, cotton and bamboo

With so many natural animal and plant fibres to choose from, which are my fibres of choice?

Join with me as I show you how I layer up the wool and other natural fibres to create each of my 2-dimensional, framed art pieces.

If I told you that I do ‘fibre art’ would you have any idea what that means?

Throughout my artistic life, I have used various mediums, from acrylics to pastels to silk painting inks. I never knew about “painting”...

As a fibre artist, I often get asked how I convert wool and other natural fibres into a ‘painting’. The answer is via the use of...