Nerissa Cargill Thompson creates contemporary textile art and mixed-media sculptures that explore juxtapositions of texture and colour, particularly where nature meets manmade. She blends and embroiders recycled fabrics to produce her signature textiles and highlights environmental issues by casting these in waste packaging to form future fossils. (Read more about Nerissa…)
- *SHOP* Support Artists rather than Amazon this Christmas. Buy my artwork, jewellery and homewares from my Folksy shop. All made from recycled materials. Please contact me for sales outside the UK. More details →
- *DICTIONARY - PRISM TEXTILES* 17th - 26th April 2026 Art Pavilion, Mile End, London. More details →
- *THE PROBLEM LIES UPSTREAM - SOLO EXHIBITION* My first solo show gathers all the sculptures from the Green Loop art trail into one place to highlight coastal plastic pollution. 25th April - 5 July 2026 Gallery 2, The Harris, Preston More details →
- *DNNW X MCDC* Exhibiting alongside my fellow NW Design Nation members at Manchester Craft & Design Centre, 17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JD from 16th January to 21st March 2026. Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5.30pm, 2nd Sunday of the Month, excluding January, 11am – 5pm. Meet the artists event 7th February 3-5pm. Free entrance. More details →
- *COMMISSIONS* Can't see the piece you were interested in in my shop? Please get in touch as it might be an exhibition piece rather than sold. I also take commissions to create similar but unique pieces to order. More details →
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- *WINTER 2026 NEWSLETTER* Not on my mailing list or only just joined, why not read my most recent newsletter here. More details →
- *INSIGHTS OF AN ECO-ARTIST* Lovely to be a guest on this podcast. This to our chat here. More details →
- *VIDEO INTERVIEW* Recently interviewed on the Fibre Arts Take Two channel as part of their Friday Feature Artist series. Watch it on YouTube: More details →
- *ARTICLE ON TEXTILEARTIST.ORG* Lovely in depth article about what, how and why I make artwork ahead of my Stitch Club workshop. More details →