Choosing the good old-fashioned way of being a fibre artist

Fibre artist Shigroff is surrounded by her unusual artwork.

As a fibre artist working with deadstock fabric and vintage tufting tools, Svetlana Shigroff has an acute appreciation for what she describes as “old-school women’s work”.

“There is something so special about using your hand with these old tools,” Shigroff says of her hand-tufted tapestries. “I don’t want to become mechanised.”