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Issue 58, Fiber, Interview Create! Magazine Issue 58, Fiber, Interview Create! Magazine

Monica Henry: Exploring Colour, Texture, and the Tactile Language of Fiber

Australian artist Monica Henry creates richly textured textile works that explore colour as both a visual and tactile experience. Working with punch needle and wool, she draws on family history, nature, and her experiences in Japan to develop an expressive contemporary practice rooted in material, memory, and the quiet intensity of making.

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Drawing the Nahual: Nayeli Lavanderos on Power Animals, Presence, and the Language of Stillness

From Mexico City to Brooklyn to Lisbon, Nayeli Lavanderos has built a practice rooted in the Mesoamerican concept of the nahual — the animal that walks beside you through life. In this interview, she talks about beginning each drawing with the eyes, letting geometry act as a container for presence, and why she never sketches before she draws.

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