Textile artists seem to be drawn to the subject of household chores. Caren Garfen has produced a series of pieces on the subject, often working onto items like tea towels. The quilt shown above includes a whole range of kitchen equipment and furniture. A detail is shown below.
Maxine Sutton also looks at those small everyday tasks like hanging out washing or sewing on a button (below).
Chloe Cheese is a print maker who often uses monoprinting as a technique. She produced an alphabet series using everyday items as inspiration (see above and below).
Lucian Freud was best known for his figurative painting, but he sometimes turned his attention to everyday objects around him, such as the kitchen sink (below).
Zhang Enli takes this idea further by focusing on all the empty paint cans, buckets and pots that were scattered around his studio.
Vermeer specialised in painting intimate interiors, the women of the household performing day to day tasks, such as a maid pouring milk (below).
Edgar Degas produced many studies of women ironing in a laundry. He was particularly interested in the light, but had sympathy for the women as he would often show them tired and worn out from their labours.
Textile artists seem to be drawn to the subject of household chores. Caren Garfen has produced a series of pieces on the subject, often working onto items like tea towels. The quilt shown above includes a whole range of kitchen equipment and furniture. A detail is shown below.
Maxine Sutton also looks at those small everyday tasks like hanging out washing or sewing on a button (below).
Chloe Cheese is a print maker who often uses monoprinting as a technique. She produced an alphabet series using everyday items as inspiration (see above and below).
Lucian Freud was best known for his figurative painting, but he sometimes turned his attention to everyday objects around him, such as the kitchen sink (below).
Zhang Enli takes this idea further by focusing on all the empty paint cans, buckets and pots that were scattered around his studio.
Vermeer specialised in painting intimate interiors, the women of the household performing day to day tasks, such as a maid pouring milk (below).
Edgar Degas produced many studies of women ironing in a laundry. He was particularly interested in the light, but had sympathy for the women as he would often show them tired and worn out from their labours.
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