Catherine Green

I am a full time professional textile artist working from my studio at West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield.  Using a wide range of techniques, depending on the project that I am working on, I often combine several different processes in one artwork to achieve successful results.
I take inspiration from the natural environment to develop my artworks, often intuitively, from my first point of reference.  The Yorkshire landscape is a great source of inspiration and recent influences have been the area of coast around Spurn Point and the wild hedgerows leading up to it. 
I have recently been exploring various techniques for applying dye to the devoré fabrics and have found ‘breakdown printing’ gives a beautifully organic print which I can then develop and draw into with thickened dyes.  The final design is completed when I use devoré paste to ‘carve away’ areas of the satin or velvet surface to reveal the silk fabric beneath.  Machine and/or hand stitching often finish the piece by picking up on specific details and clarifying other areas
I am involved in private and commercial commissions whilst regularly exhibiting at various venues (galleries, craft fairs etc.).
 
I have a full CRB check and have worked in local primary schools running felt making projects in addition to the regular adult workshops that I teach from my studio.