Come take a seat at Andrew Pierce Scott’s table. In his London studio, the American multi-media artist stitches feasts of seafood and wine and cigarettes. His textile banners salute centuries of art history, from medieval tapestries and 16th-century Dutch still lives to the semi-abstract way Matisse painted goldfish. They’re also autobiographical.
“I started making these in the spring of 2021 while I was finishing my degree at the Royal College of Art,” Andrew tells us. “At the end of every year, graduating fashion students put their extra fabrics up for grabs in a pile in the studio. I took as much as I could carry home with me. As I was sorting through them, a green-and-silver pattern reminded me of fish scales. I decided to sew a quick fish—and then I wanted to put it on a plate on a table. I was supposed to be focusing on my final project but I was daydreaming about having a simple, nice meal out.”
One banner led to many: an alum of the BDDW maker team, Andrew happened to have a sewing machine and to know how to use it. Join us for an appreciatory look.
Photographs courtesy of Andrew Pierce Scott.
For hanging, Andrew often details his tapestries with small button holes along the top or loops. For a more finished look, this one is framed. Photograph by Studio Modijefsky.
