Harriet Riddell

Harriet Riddell (born 1990) is a performance textile artist and educator from Oxfordshire who uses freeform embroidery to create stitched portraits and live scenarios.[1] Often stitching in challenging locations such as public markets, slums and fields, she has used solar energy, bicycle-powered batteries, and foot pedals to power her sewing machine.[2] Riddell has exhibited her work around the world including in London,[3] Delhi, Nairobi and Toronto.[4]

Harriet Riddell
Born1990
EducationUniversity of Hertfordshire
Known fortextile art
Websiteinstitchyou.com

Riddell initially learned to use a sewing machine as a young child from her mother.[5] Riddell's grandmother, a Canadian textile artist,[6] taught her freeform embroidery when Riddell was ten years old.[5]

References
  1. "About Harriet Riddell". InStitchYou Harriet Riddell. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  2. "Sewing machine portraits powered by bike". BBC News. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. Thind, Jagmeeta (2015-05-11). "British textile artist Harriet Riddell will exhibit her India-centric works in London". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  4. "Oxfordshire Artweeks". www.artweeks.org. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  5. Darley, Judy (Summer 2017). "An Interview with Harriet Riddell". Cross Stitcher. pp. 38–39.
  6. "Harriet Riddell interview: Performance textile artist". TextileArtist.org. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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