Artist Bio
Heather Burgess’ work is based on traditional textiles, techniques and vintage items. She is drawn to keep older techniques alive, as without hand stitching, samplers, and quilts, the inspiration and passion for her work wouldn’t be possible, but she also employs the use of modern machines in a sympathetic manner to make her work.
She expresses her thoughts and captures her personal life through textiles, creating works that document times past. She has been able to share these works through involvement with exhibitions, research projects or travelling further afield with her work to Vietnam.
Heather graduated from the Belfast School of Art with a specialisation in textiles in 2003, went onto doing a Master’s degree in Business Studies; when she is not creating, Heather works as Embroidery Technician at the Ulster University in Belfast – she is passionate about teaching others, having worked locally in many art centres, running workshops and venturing further afield to Goiania, Brazil, to share her knowledge with the local women in deprived areas.
