| REBECCA MASON IS A TEXTILE/MIXED MEDIA ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING IN ST JUST, CORNWALL.
SHE HAS A HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN FINE ART (CREATIVE TEXTILES) AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER QUALIFICATIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND CERAMICS.
SHE FINDS INSPIRATION FROM MANY SOURCES INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS AND LOVES TO USE MIXED MEDIA ESPECIALLY STITCH AND OIL PAINTS.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY OTHER CAREER I'VE WANTED. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ART. EVEN FROM A YOUNG AGE I WAS ALWAYS MAKING THINGS.
I SPENT FOUR YEARS AT COLLEGE DOING VARIOUS TYPES OF ART. I FOUND I JUST LOVED TO STITCH!
I WAS TAUGHT AT A YOUNG AGE HOW TO STITCH BY MY MOTHER AND AT COLLEGE I WAS GIVEN THE SKILLS TO PUSH THIS FURTHER. INSTEAD OF SEEING STITCH AS A WAY OF REPAIRING CLOTHES ETC I WAS TAUGHT HOW TO USE IT IN A CREATIVE SENSE, TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS EXPECTED OF "STITCH".
EACH ARTWORK IS LOVINGLY HANDMADE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE FRAME THE CANVAS IS STRETCHED ON.
Studied at Cornwall college and gained the following qualifications:
ncfE Vocational Awarding Body – Certificate in Introduction to Ceramics – 26th July 2001
ncfE Vocational Awarding Body – Certificate in Practical Photography (Stage I) – 26th July 2001
ncfE Vocational Awarding Body – Certificate in Practical Craft Skills (Stage I) – 26th July 2001
BTEC National Diploma in Fine Art – July 2002
Higher National Diploma in Fine Art (Creative Textiles)-July 2004.
Have recently organised/run a group exhibition with myself and 19 other artists. |
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