Artist of the Month - Ally Matthews
Posted 3 June 2025
Our Artist of the Month for June is Dorset Visual Arts’ Member, Ally Matthews.
Working primarily in textiles, Ally says about her work, ‘My inspiration comes primarily from the land and seascape, the natural environment, the bits and pieces I pick up on my walks or reflections and shapes that catch my eye. My work is mostly abstract, creating shapes and layers on cloth with earth pigments, metal, paper and occasionally, stitch. Earth pigments are suspended in soya milk and applied to natural fabric such as linen, cotton or silk. Metal and wire create areas of rust, stitched paper adds texture and a variety of materials provide areas of pattern or resist.’
Read more about Ally in the Sherborne Times June edition and visit her website.