NICOLA HENLEY
Nicola studied Fine Art Textiles at Goldsmith’s College, London in 1984 then worked in Bristol until moving to Ireland in 1991. She has exhibited and lectured widely in The UK, Ireland, Scotland, the USA, Australia, Japan and Spain and worked on many private and corporate commissions since 1985.
Her work is represented in many public collections including The British Crafts Council, Cunard Cruise Line, Embroiders Guild UK, British Rail, Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, Gallery Pousse, Tokyo, Microsoft Ireland, XL Group HQ Dublin and numerous private collections. She was awarded first prize for excellence in her category at The RDS National Crafts Awards in Dublin and The Michael Smith O’Brien Perpetual Challenge Cup 2015.
Nicola's large-scale textiles are made by dying, painting, and screen-printing on cotton calico and then texturing the surface by adding Japanese hand made paper, silk and muslin using machine and hand stitch. Drawing inspiration from bird flight, aerial views, coastal landscapes and the natural environment, she changes scale from large areas of print and painting (using dyes and pigments) to intimate stitching, which helps to convey the contrast of near detail with vast open space of sky, landscape or seascape.
www.nicolahenley.com
Nicola studied Fine Art Textiles at Goldsmith’s College, London in 1984 then worked in Bristol until moving to Ireland in 1991. She has exhibited and lectured widely in The UK, Ireland, Scotland, the USA, Australia, Japan and Spain and worked on many private and corporate commissions since 1985.
Her work is represented in many public collections including The British Crafts Council, Cunard Cruise Line, Embroiders Guild UK, British Rail, Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, Gallery Pousse, Tokyo, Microsoft Ireland, XL Group HQ Dublin and numerous private collections. She was awarded first prize for excellence in her category at The RDS National Crafts Awards in Dublin and The Michael Smith O’Brien Perpetual Challenge Cup 2015.
Nicola's large-scale textiles are made by dying, painting, and screen-printing on cotton calico and then texturing the surface by adding Japanese hand made paper, silk and muslin using machine and hand stitch. Drawing inspiration from bird flight, aerial views, coastal landscapes and the natural environment, she changes scale from large areas of print and painting (using dyes and pigments) to intimate stitching, which helps to convey the contrast of near detail with vast open space of sky, landscape or seascape.
www.nicolahenley.com
