Spotlight: Jilli Blackwood, Textile Artist
Let&#;s go back to the beginning. Why do you create with textiles? How did you get started?
I really want to tell you everything about myself but as my career now spans 34 years it will not be possible to do this in one interview. I hope, however, I can bring you a flavour of how I think and create. In , I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts first class honours degree from the world renowned ‘The Glasgow School of Art’ where I specialised in embroidery and weave.
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I left Art School with a great body of work, immense enthusiasm, energy, totally ignorant and completely naive. These areperfect qualities to possess when starting out. I got out there and with luck, persistence and dogged determination, I have exhibited my work across the globe in the USA, Canada, UK, Italy and Japan. I have been commissioned by both individuals and organisations, and my work is held in numerous private client, corporate and Government collections.
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Who Is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first Black commander-in-chief. He served two terms, from until The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he was elected a U.S. senator representing Illinois in In , Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He and his wife, Michelle Obama, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Barack Hussein Obama II
BORN: August 4,
BIRTHPLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii
SPOUSE: Michelle Obama (present)
CHILDREN: Malia and Sasha
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
Early Life and Family
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, , in Honolulu to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. He has six half-siblings, including half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng who he grew up with.
Obama’s Parents
Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and eventually earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue
Jilli Blackwood
Jilli Blackwood specialises in the creation of the unpainted painting. She uses embroidery, weaving and hand-dying to create her woven and embroidered paintings, which are enhanced by her unique colour sense and natural yarns and fabrics. Blackwood wishes to create the unexpected and delight the viewer’s eye but ultimately her goal is to question the function of fabric. Her process of art and craft is an intense, complex and time consuming practice; the sense of beauty and symbolic qualities created by the touch of the human hand.
Blackwood believes that her inspiration ‘comes from above like a bolt of lightning; it feels like magic is at work’. She wishes she could say that her inspirational source comes from nature, that would be easier to explain, but this is not how it happens. Instead, she is constantly aware of the relationship between herself and the work, which is an expression of her inner state. Working on two or three pieces at a time, amalgamating the disciplines of embroidery and weave on a single work, is a freeing experience.
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