Ruth Lee

Ruth Lee 

Ruth Lee likes to be known as a Fiber artist, rather than a Knitter or textile designer. I have recently become more interested in this artists work due to a book i discovered during a recent visit to the library. This book stood out amongst the rest as I straight away was intrigued by the brightly, colourful yarns on the front cover, which caught my attention straight away. Ruth focuses on three-dimensional textiles, an area in which i'm particularly interested in. Ruth likes to use an array of techniques within her work such as coils, loops, knots and nets. I believe that each piece of her work to look at could represent that of coral under the sea, visually delicate and fragile looking, however made up in contrast of strong materials and thick knots. In particular I like the technique she uses which called 'coiled and knotted tail form' this is using thick yarn combined with more smoother materials which creates an almost fish like tale design.