GoldenThreads presents……
FABRICS
OF NATURE
FabricsofNature, https://www.etsy.com/shop/FabricsofNature,
is the creation of Nisa Kiley. What caught my eye when Nisa joined our Team
was the abundance of color brought forth in each of her beautiful fabric works
of art. On perfect example of the
vibrant colors in Nisa’s work and her use of many variants in her work is “Fields
of Nature Red Poppies”. The Poppy
centers are a mixture of lace, beads and tiny scraps of fabrics which gives the
work a three-dimensional effect; an effect which Nisa follows through in all of
her beautiful, creative paintings.
“Scarlet
Fields” Red Poppies Wall Hanging
Combining various works of texture, showcases
Nisa’s passion for painting with fabrics such as velvets, satins, organzas,
silks and lace, often adding beading to embellish some of her pieces. A Shop of original, Embroidered, Encaustic,
and Artistic Textile Wall Hangings.
Original
Encaustic Painting . Butterflies.
As the name implies,
according to its artist, “Fabrics of
Nature” “credits Mother Nature as the inspiration behind my work,
the threads that weave and hold together all that we see and experience”; “the
fabric of the whole that we cannot truly perceive only sense”.
Foxgloves
As a textile artist, Nisa’s canvas is ever
changing as the colors of Nature change around her. What we admire as Nature’s beauty, Nisa sees
as an array of colors, textures, and shapes.
As each season changes from Spring’s “soft and subtle” colors, to
Autumn’s “loud and garish” colors of reds, oranges, browns, yellows provides a
canvas which reveals
Autumn in all its glorious colours.
Autumn’s Cloak
One of my favorites, which recalls a child’s
memory of Spring; Dandelions, is a great
example of Nisa’s use of various textures and fabrics, with feathers, lace,
combined with felt and silks and beading to create the effect of the Dandelions
blowing around as Nature intended.
“Dandelions” Textile
Wall Hanging
So too, the “dark and enticing” colors of Nisa’s original Painting “Setting Sun”, which portrays
a setting sun over the sea as these
scene inspired by Newgale in Wales. If you
look closely you will see glittering beads within the crevices of the rocks,
and gold seed beads around the Sun; another Landscape for her beautiful works
of art.
Approaching Twilight
All evident in the works I have chosen, portray Nisa’s
“nature inspired” creations. I should
also mention that many of her works can be used as Wall Hanging in which she
uses Driftwood as a tool for hanging her works.
