Maxine Sutton describes her work as a meeting point, between early creative experiences with textiles in her childhood, as well as her formal art education in Fine Art / Painting. Textile exists as both form and content in her work. After a first degree in Fine Art Painting, Maxine later reconnected with her affinity for cloth, and studied for an MA in Constructed Textiles at the Royal College of Art. Recent work can be characterized by the combination of screen printing with embroidery, appliqué and other needlework processes. Sutton works with found, recycled and organic fabrics, and also makes works on paper, often experimenting with taking imprints of ink saturated forms from the cloth during the screen printing process. Drawing is the foundation of Sutton`s formal art training and so whether with pencil, brush, thread or scissors, drawing continues as a framework. An obsession with colour, moving in and out of shape, also underpins her process Through a layered process, often working with scraps and leftovers, her work explores the uncertainty, disarray, and fragmentation of our existence, together with a compulsion to reconstitute and reclaim. Maxine Sutton is a graduate of the Royal College of Art (2005) and Ravensbourne College of Art (1985). Maxine has worked as a commercial artist and designer in graphics and textiles, before pursuing a full-time career in fine art. She lives and works in Margate, on the South East coast of England.