Episode notes
In this 100th episode of NeedleXChange I interview Fuzzy Mall.
Fuzzy is a self-taught textile artist celebrated for his huge, detail-rich portraits and installations made entirely from reclaimed fabrics.
We talk about how he evolved from painting to pushing the boundaries of quilting at an epic scale, the ideas behind his Faces of Hamilton project, and what draws him to go bigger and bigger with his joyful, community-focused work.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:20 – How Fuzzy stumbled into textiles after painting
00:06:10 – First experiments with quilting and thread as drawing
00:08:35 – The appeal of using reclaimed fabrics
00:12:20 – Working at large scale and dealing with detail
00:15:00 – The emotional impact of big textile portr ...
Keywords
Mixed Media3D Textiles