In this 100th episode of NeedleXChange I interview Fuzzy Mall.

Fuzzy is a self-taught textile artist celebrated for his huge, detail-rich portraits and installations made entirely from reclaimed fabrics.

We talk about how he evolved from painting to pushing the boundaries of quilting at an epic scale, the ideas behind his Faces of Hamilton project, and what draws him to go bigger and bigger with his joyful, community-focused work.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:20 – How Fuzzy stumbled into textiles after painting

00:06:10 – First experiments with quilting and thread as drawing

00:08:35 – The appeal of using reclaimed fabrics

00:12:20 – Working at large scale and dealing with detail

00:15:00 – The emotional impact of big textile portraits

00:19:10 – Beginning the Faces of Hamilton project

Links:

Website: quiltedportrait.net

Instagram: fuzzymallart

Intro music is Her Name Is Edith by OTE via Epidemic Sound.

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