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Michael Brennand-Wood

Michael Brennand- Wood was born in the UK in 1952. He is a contemporary artist, he specializes in creating eccentric works of art and sculptures by the means of wood-work, embroidery lace, patterns, textiles and in recent times floral imagery, he created exuberant pieces of art from exploring and evolving his own techniques merging textiles and other media in ingenious ways. Michael’s work is distinctive because he has persisted in the amalgamation of modern and historical origin, in particular the evaluation of dimensional line, structure and pattern. His latest, traditional compositions of floral imagery applied the use of computerised machine embroidery, acrylic paint, wood, glass and collage, he studied the use of illusion of dimensions, using about two or three to create colourful, metrical, algebraic and holographic sensations, with the precise detail that morphs into optical illusions. Brennand-Wood’s sculptures are very abstract, and he tends to play with colour and rhythm that’s seems also hallucinogenic, that the pattern creates another appearance, “ stepping into another world’ as Michael quoted. However the meaning of the piece, is that it’s not just a magical piece of delusion it is something you think about and reflect upon. He is a renowned for his innovative and original ideas, and is one of the most inspiring and creative artists that works in textiles. He believes that his art offers traditionality, mixed ethnic influences, non mainstream work, and that the most inventive contemporary textiles derive from a certain understanding of both textiles and their history. What makes Michael Brennand-Woods masterpieces so intriguing is that the eccentric bright colours and patterns hold a much more philosophical and deeper meaning, pattern is important as they convey emotions and identity as it is an encoded visual language. When he creates his sculptures he always keeps in mind the sense of touch, as he like to convey the

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