#thread drawings

Wall drawings using pins and threads by Debbie Smyth

Debbie Smyth is textile artist most identifiable by her statement thread drawings; these playful yet sophisticated contemporary artworks  are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins. Her work beautifully blurs the boundaries between fine art drawings and textile art, flat and 3D work, illustration and embroidery, literally lifting the drawn line off the page in a series of “pin and thread” drawings.

On first glance, it can look like a mass of threads but as you get closer sharp lines come into focus, creating a spectacular image. The images are first plotted out before being filled out with the thread, the sharp angles contrasting with the floating ends of the thread.  And despite the complexity of the lengthy process I try to capture a great feeling of energy and spontaneity, and, in some cases, humour

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I am going to share with you something amazing, something that I fell in love with once I saw it. And that is some impressive contemporary art made by an Irish textile artist Debbie Smyth. She creates intricate 3D drawings using pins and threads. Her artworks join together illustration, drawing, textiles art and embroidery. Something that might usually be a flat drawing becomes a playful and imaginative contemporary 3D art piece.

The artist works with different scales and projects. She creates work for interiors, gallery installations, set design, window displays, graphic design and illustration. To say it in other words, Debbie takes a drawing out of its boundaries and places it in space.