Artist Research

A little bit about Judy Scott

Judy is a printed textile designer based in Dundee. Scotland harbour villages and shores have been her constant inspiration. Their bustling waterfronts are filled with incredible colour combinations, organic shape, surface and form. 

Blending traditional techniques with digital imagery her work begins by capturing inspiration as a composition using photography. This is then translated into painted paper collage and expressive mark making, leading to bold placement compositions.

I found Judy’s work to be very inspiring especially when looking at decay. I loved her use of different textures as part of a collage and how she sews into it to add detail. I have referred to some of her wok when creating my own decay collage. Her use of negative space as a border draws your eye to the details and the washed blue colour adds a beautiful cool tone to the piece, I use quink ink to do something similar in my own work.

Having never really done 3d designs before I thought Judy’s sculptural pieces to be extremely unique and exciting. The use of wrapping bundles of yarn creates a distinctive design.