Liv Aanrud | Folk Art With Feeling [NX006]

In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Liv Aanrud.

Liv Aanrud is a Los-Angeles based artist whose vibrant tufted rug art pieces are a new form of folk art. These large scale pieces simultaneously explore two realms of the female experience - joy and pain - and are packed with instinctual colour choices that make them visually arresting.

Among other things, we talk about the perceived novelty of tufted rugs as an art form and how Liv’s rural upbringing influenced her aesthetic.

Be sure to visit our YouTube channel where you can see Liv’s work in detail and if you liked the show, please share it with your fellow creatives. Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:07 - The varied career of Liv Aanrud

00:06:28 - Liv’s education and background

00:12:00 - Considering the folk art tradition

00:16:00 - The impulsiveness of the creation process

00:19:30 - Working with a tufting gun

00:27:00 - Colour palette decision making

00:32:00 - The storytelling process

00:35:00 - The perception of tufted rug art

00:41:00 - The size and weight of it all

00:50:00 - The tufting community

00:56:00 - Other artists that inspire Liv

01:02:00 - Favourite album

01:07:00 - Favourite film

01:11:00 - Most interesting thing that no one knows about Liv Aanrud

Links:

Website: livaanrud.com

Instagram: livaanrud

Intro music is Let's Go Find The Sun by Sarah the Illstrumentalist via Epidemic Sound.

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