
Fleur Oakes
Category Textile Artist, Embroiderer
Region London
Fleur is a three dimensional embroiderer and lace maker, inspired by organic structure and the subtle inbetween spaces of emotion and the senses. She is artist in residence at Imperial College London’s vascular surgery unit, observing surgery and looking at the parallel techniques and challenges in lacemaking and textile arts. She is also a research fellow for the Victoria and Albert (museum) Research Institute.
Her blog can be found at theglasspingle.blogspot.com