Richard McVetis's guest appearances

Richard McVetis

Handmade

Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Making Meaning

Shelley James

Mark Miodownik

Celia Pym

Peter Layton

Andrew Waugh

Tom Dixon

Edmund de Waal

Kate Malone

John Barnard

Sebastian Cox

Charlie Murphy

Sarah Jones

Paola Antonelli

Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

Terence Conran

OwlTail

Richard McVetis is an embroiderer, who is fascinated with time. Each of his, often monochromatic cuboid, pieces is meticulously made to explore the subtle differences that emerge through the ritualistic and repetitive nature of sewing.More recently, he has taken inspiration from his family’s mining heritage to investigate a story of race and class through stitch. The artist says that he uses making ‘to understand the world, to give material form to abstract ideas, making the intangible tangible’.Richard has shown his work around the globe and has been shortlisted for a number of prizes including: the Jerwood Drawing Prize, and the Loewe Craft Prize in 2018. He currently has a solo show, Shaped by Time, running at Farnham’s Craft Study Centre.In this episode we talk about: his new show in Farnham; the joy of slowing down and developing patience; drawing with thread; the majesty of the hand; his love of simplicity; the subjectivity of time; gender politics and embroidery; growing up in a mining community and how that has fed into his work; his other career in retail design; and why he never sews in public.Support the show

Richard McVetis is an embroiderer, who is fascinated with time. Each of his, often monochromatic cuboid, pieces is meticulously made to explore the subtle differences that emerge through the ritualistic and repetitive nature of sewing.More recently, he has taken inspiration from his family’s mining heritage to investigate a story of race and class through stitch. The artist says that he uses making ‘to understand the world, to give material form to abstract ideas, making the intangible tangible’.Richard has shown his work around the globe and has been shortlisted for a number of prizes including: the Jerwood Drawing Prize, and the Loewe Craft Prize in 2018. He currently has a solo show, Shaped by Time, running at Farnham’s Craft Study Centre.In this episode we talk about: his new show in Farnham; the joy of slowing down and developing patience; drawing with thread; the majesty of the hand; his love of simplicity; the subjectivity of time; gender politics and embroidery; growing up in a mining community and how that has fed into his work; his other career in retail design; and why he never sews in public.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/materialmatters?fan_landing=true" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Richard McVetis on embroidery.

In this episode Ruth talks to artist Richard McVetis about his meticulous embroidery work and the complexities and joys of being an artist. Richard makes work for exhibitions and commissions and shares his unique style of stitch and the meditative process behind it through workshops. In the 10 years or so since I first came across Richard’s work, he’s exhibited widely including the Crafts Council’s Collect Open in 2017, and he’s got a solo exhibition coming up in 2022. In this conversation we talk about research and our methods for gathering ideas, what inspires us and how place and family heritage are so important. Richard talks about never not being an artist which rings so true for me, and about being curious and always exploring ideas. Find out more at ruthsinger.com/podcast

In this episode Ruth talks to artist Richard McVetis about his meticulous embroidery work and the complexities and joys of being an artist. Richard makes work for exhibitions and commissions and shares his unique style of stitch and the meditative process behind it through workshops. In the 10 years or so since I first came across Richard’s work, he’s exhibited widely including the Crafts Council’s Collect Open in 2017, and he’s got a solo exhibition coming up in 2022. In this conversation we talk about research and our methods for gathering ideas, what inspires us and how place and family heritage are so important. Richard talks about never not being an artist which rings so true for me, and about being curious and always exploring ideas. Find out more at <a href="http://ruthsinger.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ruthsinger.com/podcast</a>

#4: Making Meaning with Richard McVetis

Anna Ploszajski speaks to artist and embroiderer Richard McVetis about his work using cotton. Find Richard on Twitter @Richard_McVetis and online at www.richardmcvetis.co.uk. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/handmade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Ploszajski speaks to artist and embroiderer Richard McVetis about his work using cotton. Find Richard on Twitter @Richard_McVetis and online at <a href="http://www.richardmcvetis.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.richardmcvetis.co.uk</a>. Cover art by Scary Boots (@schrodingerskit) Music recorded by Cl!ve and mixed by Alex Lathbridge (@thermoflynamics)Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/handmade" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/handmade</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Cotton with Richard McVetis