A textile artist whose practice brings together installation, embroidery and weaving, using thread as both structure and drawing. Leigh works with reclaimed fabrics, hand stitching and woven surfaces to create layered pieces about landscape, memory and the natural world.
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About Leigh D.
Leigh D. is a textile artist whose practice brings together installation, embroidery and weaving. His work develops through close observation of material, landscape and movement, using thread as both structure and drawing.
Working with reclaimed fabrics, hand stitching and woven surfaces, Leigh creates layered compositions that value tactility, process and the traces of making. His practice moves between intimate studies and larger environmental installations, with recurring interests in memory, sustainability, connection and the natural world.
Artist statement
Leigh D. is a textile artist whose practice explores relationships between material, landscape, memory and observation through stitch. Working with reclaimed fabrics, embroidery and textile installation, Leigh creates layered works that respond to natural environments, light and movement.
Process
Planning and making are inseparable within Leigh’s practice. Colour studies, warp preparation and loom work show a method that develops through repeated decisions about sequence, tension, surface and rhythm. Thread functions as both line and material: marks are built slowly, through hand movement, repetition and attention to surface. The loom introduces grid, order and repetition, while colour and hand-led variation keep each textile visually active.
Themes: landscape, sustainability, memory, connection, observation, weaving, textile experimentation, stitch as drawing.
Exhibitions
- 2026 The Language of Thread, Tree Gallery (outdoor installation)
- 2026 Landscape Fragments, gallery display
- 2026 ArtEvol submission
