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a gallery of abstract textile art by UK contemporary textile artist and feltmaker Mary-Clare Buckle

'Indian Bazaar' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Kiss Kiss' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'It's Raining Men' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Underwater Wedding' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Holy Cow' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Loose Connections' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Posy' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

textile art sweeps away the 2-dimensional limitations of painting,
replacing it with the texture, colour and vibrancy which can only be achieved with fibres
art which interacts with light falling on and through it - 'living' textile art to inspire you and enhance your home

'Waving' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Me' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Jack' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Kyrgysz Mat' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Dreaming of Jewellery' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau - Lagoon' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

on this website you can buy stunning examples of all my contemporary textile art -
both originals and limited edition prints of all my textile art pieces
... or commission a special piece of textile art to your own requirements

'For Katherine' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'You' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Burning His Roses' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Climbing' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau - Deep Down' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'The Silver & Gold Horses of Lambert's Castle' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

this is the first opportunity you've ever had to see textile art work like this on the Internet
- unique, collectable abstract textile art by leading Dorset based UK textile artist
Mary-Clare Buckle

'Festival' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Sam' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

'Tokelau' (detail) - click here to view the whole piece

To view my work, either click here for my main textile art Gallery page, or click on any of the image details of the textile art pictures above to look at the whole piece and then go to the Gallery showing that type of work
... or click here to look at exclusive signed, limited-edition prints of my textile art work - priced at only £40 each.

New - A series of interviews with Mary-Clare about textile art and her work as a Dorset-based textile artist - click here to read the interviews

New - Articles by/about Mary-Clare on textile art and felt making and her work as a British textile artist and felt maker - click here to read these articles about my approach to textile art and felt making

Floating Felts - translucent abstract textile art

I have developed and refined a technique of making paper-thin felt art (wool) pieces and sandwiching them in clear acrylic sheet. These, predominantly abstract art, pieces can then be hung slightly away from the wall, so that the piece interacts with light falling on and through it and gives an impression of the textile art piece floating in three dimensions - hence ‘Floating Felts’. No longer is the eye of the viewer constrained by a rectangular frame - but can stray onto and off the piece. This type of textile art work can be seen in my Floating Felt Gallery

Art Lights - backlit abstract textile art pieces

The obvious extension of this technique was to use an integral light source to backlight the pieces, turning them into ' Art Lights’. This creates the dramatic effect of the textile art piece appearing to float in space.

One of my most recent ideas is to use fairy lights to produce a completely different lighting effect.

Art Lights - uv-reactive abstract textile art pieces

And - inspired, as a textile artist, by the uv environment of nightclubs - I have produced a range of lights which use uv-reactive fibres, lit by blacklight-blue (uv-A) tubes or LEDs. This produces an intense glow from the fibres and an incredibly vibrant effect. See my Art Lights Gallery for this type of textile art work.

Conceptual Textile Art - semi-abstract textile art pieces

In my range of 'conceptual textile art' I produce the art by combining digital images with a wool felt background.    The first piece, It’s Raining Men, was originally suggested by the Weather Girls song (covered by Geri Halliwell).    This is the first in a series of It's Raining ... textile art pieces - cows, money, cats & dogs, etc.

I am also working on a series of ‘tourist cliché’ pieces - a London-themed piece will have images of red phone boxes, double-decker buses, beefeaters, etc.    See my Conceptual Textile Art Gallery for this type of textile art work.

Also in this Gallery is a range of textile art work using a design inspired by the decorative use of tiles in the Middle East and North Africa.    Two pieces in particular - Me and You - were recently sold to a client furnishing a villa in the Algarve.   Textile art pieces like this could have any lettering, symbols or perhaps a company logo, repeated across them.

abstract textile art
by leading Dorset-based UK textile artist
Mary-Clare Buckle

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