Fiber Art by Mary-Clare Buckle

'Indian Bazaar' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Kiss Kiss' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'It's Raining Men' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Underwater Wedding' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Loose Connections'(detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Posy' detail) - click here to view the whole piece

fiber art sweeps away the 2-dimensional limitations of painting,
replacing it with the texture, colour and vibrancy which can only be achieved with fibers
pictures which interact with light falling on and through them - 'living' art to enhance your home

'Waving' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Me' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Jack' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Dreaming of Jewellery' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau - Lagoon' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

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'For Katherine' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'You' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Burning His Roses' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Climbing' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau - Deep Down' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'The Silver & Gold Horses of Lambert's Castle' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

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'Festival' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Sam' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

The images shown above are details of some of my work. To view the complete pieces, either click here for my main Gallery page, or click on any of the image details of the pictures above to look at the whole piece and then go to the Gallery showing that type of work

I have developed and refined a technique of making paper-thin felted wool pieces and sandwiching them in clear acrylic sheet.   These are hung slightly away from the wall, so that they interact with light falling on and through them and give an impression of the piece floating in three dimensions - hence ‘Floating Felts’.

No longer is the eye of the viewer constrained by a rectangular frame - but can stray onto and off the piece.    This type of work can be seen in my Floating Felt Gallery.

The obvious extension of this technique was to use an integral light source to backlight the pieces, turning them into ‘Art Lights’.   As currently designed, the light source is attached to the rear of the frame, such that the light also shines out onto the wall behind.   This creates the dramatic effect of the piece appearing to float in space, about 15cm from the wall.

The alternative is for the piece to be mounted in a lightbox - as used by 2002 Tate prize finalist, Catherine Yass - such that the light shines only through the piece itself.

One of my most recent ideas is to use fairy lights to produce a completely different lighting effect.

And - inspired by the uv environment of nightclubs - I am producing a range of lights which use uv-reactive fibers, lit by blacklight-blue (uv-A) tubes.    This produces an intense glow from the fibers, resulting in an incredibly vibrant effect.    This type of work can be seen in my Lights Gallery

In my range of 'conceptual' work I combine digital images with a felted wool background.    The first piece, It’s Raining Men, was originally suggested by the Weather Girls song.   I intend to undertake a companion piece - It's Raining Women - with images of female celebrities. This is the first in a series of It's Raining ... pieces - cows, money, cats & dogs, etc.

I am also working on a series of ‘tourist cliché’ pieces - a London-themed piece will have images of red phone boxes, double-decker buses etc.    This type of work can be seen in my Conceptual Gallery

Another range of conceptual work uses a design inspired by the decorative use of tiles in the Middle East and North Africa.    Pieces like this could have any lettering, symbols or perhaps a company logo, repeated across them. This type of work can also be seen in my Conceptual Gallery

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