30/01/2024
Karina Thompson is an art quilter and precision embroiderer based in Birmingham, and making large scale wall pieces. She calls herself a sewing machine ju**ie: using digital embroidery machines to embellish surfaces, regular sewing machines to piece and join the surfaces into larger blocks; before finally using long-arm machines to quilt the works.
Whilst Karina’s work is often about medical data and how we use technology to observe, understand and communicate with the world around us, her latest series, The Recovery Quilts, uses her own mental health as a metaphor for making.
Collect is the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, held in the stunning setting of Somerset House, London.
Experience the 20th edition of the fair, with outstanding work from 40 specialist galleries, representing over 400 pioneering artist-makers from across the globe, alongside installations, and an exciting talks programme.
Collect 2024 runs from 1 – 3 March (previews 28 – 29 February) – book your tickets today to discover and invest in contemporary craft that will surprise, delight and endure.
Book your tickets at collectartfair.org.uk
