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Local Heroes design column: Rug tufting


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Local Heroes: Rug tufting
Local Heroes interviews Dana Finnigan, Molly Kent, Camila Richardson and Shona MacPherson to find out more about their work and rug tufting as a form of expression
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by Stacey Hunter
| 19 Apr 2021
Contemporary designers and artists in Scotland are pushing the disciplinary boundaries between textile design and fibre art with rug tufting. This is a technique that employs a pneumatic gun to shoot yarn through a fabric base to create a functional rug or a decorative wall hanging. 
Molly Kent
Molly Kent is an Edinburgh based textile artist who represents aspects of mental and physical health through the mediums of rug tufting and weaving. Her work considers aspects of contemporary existence through the lens of social media and internet living and explores how this affects our perception of self. This stems from Kent’s personal experiences of her mental health condition CPTSD (complex post-traumat ....

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Aberdeenshire artist who dreamt of career in comic books finds fame on more traditional canvas


Updated: March 2, 2021, 7:41 pm
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During a childhood spent in rural Aberdeenshire and raised by parents invested in the arts, Robbie Bushe dreamt of becoming a comic book illustrator.
Now almost four decades later, the established and award-winning artist is in the running for what could be his biggest accolade to date after being shortlisted for the UK’s most prestigious painting gong, the John Moore Painting Prize. ....

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