Bedfordshire, UK

Lissie Baldwin turns old and discarded items into distinctive art pieces, giving forgotten objects a second life. Her work sits somewhere between an embroidered textile and a collage: thread and paper-cuts become a three-dimensional wall pieces in her hands.

Her studio brims with vintage and found treasures, from old stamps of the queen to cigarette cards and paper notes. A background in fashion design runs through her work, often visible in intricate details stitched, beaded, and woven through her paper pieces.

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After graduating with an MA from Central Saint Martins, Lissie built a career in fashion over 30 years, selling to celebrities and working on television sets, before her passion for textiles led her to freelance work and eventually to developing into becoming a full-time textile artist in 2021. In 2010, she moved with her family to Shanghai, then Mexico City four years later, before returning to the UK in 2018. These journeys have greatly impacted the colours, texture and themes she chooses - for example, the light blue sheen of a cracked glaze pattern in her Echoes from the Wabi-Sabi Garden, although she cites the internet, the large collection of books in her studio, and found samples, fabrics, writing and images which make it onto her pinboard as equal influences.