Karin Chipulina
Natural material and fiber artist
I use natural plant based materials and minerals such as Iron to inform my work.
Most of my work is connected to my view of the world and the environment I find myself in.
I use my work as a means of exploring ideas of identity as well as the land and our relationship with it.
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I am based in North Berwick in East Lothian near Edinburgh and I am surrounded by the sea and countryside which I draw inspiration from.
I use different techniques in my work.
From using naturally made inks for drawing on paper and dying cloth and threads to dying threads that I stitch with.
I am very interested in Japanese methods of stitching and also spent time in India learning block making techniques using mud and Iron pastes.
I Eco print using the simmering and steaming methods using local plants and weeds on cotton, silks and wool both mordanted and unmordanted solely using Iron as a mordant.
I enjoy the interaction of different materials and manipulating them to make a new object,often recycling what I find in the environment around me.
EDUCATION
BA honours, second class upper in Art and Design.1984-1988
Postgraduate degree in Tapestry,Edinburgh College of Art,now Edinburgh University 1988-1989
Postgraduate in Art Therapy,Caledonian University,Glasgow 1993-1995
AWARDS
Andrew Grant award for postgraduate studies.
Brittish Council Scholarship for one year study under Abakanovich in Poland,Tapestry weaving.1989-1990
Winston Churchill Scholarship to Study urban agriculture in Cuba 2007
VACMA awards from Creative Scotland to develop new work. 2020-2024
FREELANCE WORK
Commission by the Museums of Scotland to construct a mobile museum for the Methill Comunity in Ffe.A Geodesic dome with felted panels as an educational resource 2010
Developing sensory gardens 2000-2022
Art for school theatre productions,East Lothian arts service.1999-2000
Banners for swimming pools in Dunbar and Prestonpans with ELCAP 1999
Private commission for the Baron of Prestongrange. A range of 20 hand painted silk ties commemorating the mining legacy of Prestonpans. 2003
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
Tapestry. Edinburgh
Thanks to Abby Galton from @Madderthanwoad for photos of myself.
For more information,sales or commissions and how to contact me,please fill in spaces below or email me.
39a high street,North Berwick
+447768249885
