Anna Ray Email & Phone Number

Through making by hand, I explore the visual and emotive potential of materials. I enjoyexperimenting with different media, predominantly fibre based: silk, cotton, velvet, wool and paper.Each has the potential to be transformed using domestic equipment and tools: a sewing machine,scissors, pliers, a needle. My work often blurs the boundaries between two and three-dimensionalforms of art; some pieces are painted or stained, like canvases in relief. My life and personalexperiences influence my practice; emotions and memories creep in. I feed my active imaginationwith research, drawing on nature, ancient and historical art, design and craft. My desire is to creatework that is sensually rich and captivating. From 1994-1999 I studied BA (Hons) and MFA Tapestry atEdinburgh College of Art. I became a lecturer in the department soon after graduation and taught forsix years before relocating to London in 2006.

Listed skills include Painting, Drawing, Contemporary Art, Art Education, and 2 others.