Richard McVetis: From conception to creation

Richard McVetis’ artistic practice centres on his training as an embroiderer through the use of traditional hand stitch techniques and mark making.

Using laboured and meticulously worked wools and multiples of embroidered dots and crosses, he explores the similarities between pen on paper and thread on fabric, using a limited vocabulary of mark making and deliberately subdued colour to create a binary simplicity.

Richard is a member of the renowned 62 Group of Textile Artists. He was a finalist for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016 and was selected for Real to Reel: Craft Film Festival during London Craft Week 2017.

In this article, part of our From conception to creation series, Richard speaks to us about the inspiration for and making process of his beguiling piece Variations of a Stitched Cube, which has been selected to be part of the British Council’s Pavilion at the Cheongju Craft Biennale, South Korea.