Leah Higgins

Description

My art has developed from a life-long love of working with textile and stitch. The tactile nature of cloth envelopes me in feelings of wellbeing and brings with it memories of people long gone. I can trace my path from making clothes to making bed quilts, from buying printed fabrics to dyeing and printing my own. From following others to developing my own ideas. From craft to art. Many of my abstract quilts are inspired by the city I live in (Manchester, UK) and by the surrounding region’s strong industrial heritage. I am particularly struck by how man-made buildings and structures shape the urban landscape. My ‘Ruins’ quilts are inspired by old industrial buildings that exist around us, som

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