Mary-Ann Toop: Bringing Fabric Sculptures To Life

Fabric sculpture artist Mary-Ann Toop is the guest today on the Stitchery Stories podcast. Mary-Ann shares her story of leaving her civil engineering career, battling depression and starting her fascinating creative journey. Mary-Ann is determined to make her soft fabric sculptures move - and is particularly fascinated by flight... it's the engineer in her creeping out again! Susan Weeks chats with Mary-Ann about: Experimenting with automata Making her stitched creations move Starting a creative journey to see what she could do Trying to be creative every day How creativity help battle depression and ill-health The benefits of becoming immersed in small repetitive  movements like embroidery Exploring Pinterest... and discovering that textiles and embroidery can be art Who is Concordia? A fascination with flight Evolving techniques using wire, clay, fabric, embroidery The story of the nightshirt and the gargoyl And so much more! For this episode View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Mary-Ann's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/maryanntoop Visit: https://concordiasworld.com/ Read: https://concordiasworld.com/category/blog/ Like: https://www.facebook.com/concordiasworld Look: https://www.instagram.com/concordiasworld/ Other artists episodes mentioned: Bryony Rose Jennings https://www.stitcherystories.com/bryonyrosejennings/ Annie Taylor https://www.stitcherystories.com/annietaylor/ The Artists Way by Julia Cameron