Anna Hutchinson
Glin, Limerick
Irish artist creating textile & fibre-based fine art. My work is architectural, tactile: Threadwork like you’ve never seen! https://www.theannahutchinson.com
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Anna Hutchinson is a contemporary textile and fibre artist based in Glin, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Working predominantly in machine embroidery, Anna creates interpretative, abstract works that explore nature, colour, pattern, and connection: the threads of life. Her pieces are stitched slowly and intentionally, reflecting a quiet sense of rhythm, presence, and emotional resonance.
Entirely self-taught, Anna has been surrounded by textiles and handwork all her life. She returned to sewing in 2012, but it was only in recent years that she fully embraced her identity as an artist; a shift that marked both a personal and creative transformation.
Her practice draws deeply from lived experience: the softness of memory, the stillness of the landscape, how everything is connected, and the ways in which threads can hold emotion, time, and meaning. She often speaks of her journey as a process of stitching herself back together one thread, one choice, one conscious return to creativity at a time.
Anna’s work is framed with care using archival methods and museum-grade materials. Each piece is one of a kind, mounted on high quality materials and housed in custom shadow box frames with anti-reflective Artglass.
Statement
I am a contemporary textile and fibre artist working predominantly in machine embroidery. My work explores nature, colour, rhythm, and connection through abstract, interpretative forms built slowly with thread.
Rooted in an intuitive, self-taught practice, I returned to sewing in 2012 after many years away. While I’ve spent over a decade immersed in textiles, it is only in recent years that I’ve embraced embroidery as my primary medium, and claimed the identity of artist.
I work mostly with water-soluble stabiliser, leaving behind lace-like stitched forms that are both delicate and durable. These pieces reflect memory, stillness, and emotional presence. I see thread not just as a material, but as a way to hold time, meaning, and feeling.
Each work I create is another step of my return to creativity, to process, and to the threads that connect everything.
© 2025 Anna Hutchinson. All artwork, images, and content are protected under copyright.
Please don’t use anything without permission — I’m happy to discuss licensing or collaboration.