Hayley Murphy – Textile Artist

Hayley’s work is influenced by narrative, memories, and scenery. Using textiles and sewing as the base she creates intricate and beguiling art works using dissolvable fabric and thread that tell visual stories.

Stitch work Hayley Murphy

Hayley makes most of her work using a sewing machine and uses the machine to draw with stitch. Currently her work is patiently created using layers upon layers of stitch. Hayley uses dissolvable fabric to create these layers then once finished the fabric is dissolved in water revealing only the stitch as the outline which supports itself and leaves only the memory of the process.

Stitch work Hayley Murphy

For the past 3 years at University, Hayley has pursued this direction discovering how versatile both dissolvable fabric and thread are combined together. She likes to experiment with different sewing techniques and threads to create different drawing techniques and works…