Chloe Redfern: A creative voyage of discovery

Since completing her year of fine arts, Chloe Redfern has been on a creative voyage of discovery. The textile artist has tried everything from bookbinding to collage and believes that this has guided her creative practice; helping her to find her passion for hand embroidered hoop art.

The daughter of an artist, Chloe is inspired by nature. This motivates her to create exquisite works of art, using sumptuous colours and experimental stitches. She has written articles and created patterns for magazines and runs an online shop.

In this interview, Chloe tells us how growing up surrounded by creativity allowed her the confidence to explore different artistic techniques and which stitches she likes to use. We learn that, sometimes, she just lets the thread guide her; working in an intuitive way and that she enjoys nothing better than looking at her thread collection.

Chloe Redfern: Wildflowers (Detail), 2018, Hand embroidery with stranded cotton thread