Karen Veck
Originally from Hampshire Karen now works from her studio on the edge of the Somerset Levels.
Her current textile art takes inspiration from the beautiful South West coast and landscape.
Karen works with fabric, paint, hand and machine embroidery and embellishments.
Recently Karen's work has been selected for Ilminster Art Centre Open Exhibition 2024 and textile-art based exhibitions Moral Fibre (2024) and Contexture (2025) at The House of Smalls Art Gallery, Edinburgh.
To contact Karen please email karenveck@outlook.com insta @karen_veck.textileart
Painted fabric with stitch.
The Levels - SOLD
Torn hand painted fabric, couched textured threads and stitched sari silk. The Levels was selected for exhibition at the Ilminster Art Centre Open Art Exhibition 2024
The Levels- Dusk -SOLD
Hand painted fabric with machine embroidery.
Two Rivers - SOLD
Layers of painted calico fabric representing the landscape of the Somerset Levels during the winter flooding.
Scrim to Silk
Moral Fibre textile-art based exhibition The House Of Smalls Art Gallery Edinburgh 1-25 August 2024
The different fabrics we wear and use reflect the lives we lead. From bridal silk to utility scrim, cotton, velvet and lace, overlapping, frayed bound together with golden pathways.
Contexture
The House Of Smalls Gallery Edinburgh 20 March - 19 April 2025
Soft as Velvet, Hard as Nails Strips of white silk velvet interwoven with steel nails. This piece represents the juxtaposition of the perception and the reality of womanhood. A linen warp represents strength.
SOLD
Natural Dyeing
Natural dyeing.
Weaving
Woven samples - cotton yarn painted after weaving.
Woven cushions - strips of sari silk, leather and cotton yarn, trimmed with velvet pom poms backed with coordinating velvet.
Embroidery
Machine and hand embroidery on painted fabric embellished with beads, sequins and copper.
For sales contact karenveck@outlook.com
