Carrie archer studio Carrie Archer

I am a visual artist working mostly with textiles, collage and mixed media. I enjoy using vintage and found materials that still bear the marks and patina from their previous use. I love rummaging in charity shops and flea markets for my materials and finding a use for items that have been discarded or overlooked.

My creative practice focuses on making tangible that which is invisible or ethereal and transcendent. I have a particular interest in memory, traces and in recording my emotional response to a time or place.

I prefer techniques that are low-tech and intuitive, responding instinctively to my materials and imagination. My material choices are informed by the meaning or emotion that I want to convey in my work, but I have a strong preference for the tactility of textiles and three dimensional materials. This means that my work often hovers on the boundaries between fine art and crafts and I embrace this eclectic nature of my practice.

I gained a 1st class BA (Hons) in Textile Crafts from the University of Huddersfield, where I specialised in hand weaving.

View my website http://www.carriearcher.co.uk/