Lorna Moffat

Vancouver, British Columbia

Lorna graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with postgraduate degrees in embroidered and woven textile design. She fuses traditional embroidered appliqué techniques with her own style of fabric manipulation to create her signature stitched and collage surfaces on pillow covers.

Lorna’s travels around the world have informed her colourful palettes, patterns and whimsical style. She takes mosaic-like pieces of fabric, bonds them to a wool Melton background and then stitches over and around the shapes in a sketch-like, hand drawn style. The stitches hold the design together and create a sense of movement and energy over the surface, defining the composition and adding intricate details.