Debbie Smyth

Unique pin and thread drawings to suit gallery and corporate environments, public spaces, window display, advertising, graphic design and illustration.

Debbie Smyth is textile artist most identifiable by her statement thread drawings. Her work encompasses large-scale wall installations + smaller framed pieces for interiors. She has exhibited both nationally + internationally and created commissioned work for major companies including Ellesse, The New York Times, The Canadian Red Cross, Sony, Adidas, Instagram, Continental, Mercedes Benz + luxury brand Hermes
Debbie's recognizable + intricate pin and thread work beautifully blurs the boundaries between fine drawings, illustration + embroidery. The human figure, aspects of nature + written text are illustrated in thread stretched between accurately plotted pins. The drawn line is lifted from the 2-dimensional into 3-dimensional space, with the characteristics of thread celebrated - at times taut + defined, elsewhere knotted + fraying
Debbie continues to explore + push the possibilities of her chosen materials - developing her methods through further use of complex shading within the linear threaded outline. Sitting on the borders of art, craft + design, Debbie’s distinctive + distinguished works have garnered deserved attention - she regularly exhibits both nationally and internationally.