Artist
Julius Arthur
Julius Arthur is a designer, artist and maker who founded his creative practice House of Quinn in 2016. House of Quinn is a place for exploration in craft, making and design by using traditional techniques and fundamental making practices to cultivate contemporary design narratives onto familiar objects.
Julius’s work is grounded in uncomplicated materials and processes and inspired by an abstract view of the places and things around us. Growing up in Cornwall, memories of childhood and a sense of home and belonging intersect in Julius' work. Assembled from cloth, paper and materials at hand, Julius finds joy in the process of creating with stitching, painting and print.
Julius holds a Masters of Design in Fashion Design and Business Studies from the University of Brighton. He has published a book "Modern Quilting: A Contemporary Guide to Quilting by Hand with Hardie Grant. Read our Tastemaker feature with Julius.
Julius' Style
Quilts have become a staple motif in Julius' work. A way of combining materials, connecting through stitch and exploring shape, form and line. The connection between canvas and practical objects blurs the boundaries between art and function and the idea that objects used, bare meaning through their connection with the day-to-day. Collage is usually the starting point for his works, whether for a painting, quilt or textile piece. This collection of work began with the process of gathering from his surroundings. Looking at the ‘things’ he had collected over the years and objects picked up from the beach, things connected to where he lives, the day they were found, and the people who were with him at the time.
"The meaning of objects and the process of acquiring them is something I like to explore in my work. Examining the importance of objects, objects as amulets or how things become reminders and vessels for memories or connection. " — Julius Arthur
AVAILABLE ARTWORKS
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The Lithomancer
"The Lithomancer is a collection of painted collages and textiles works that explores ideas around collecting objects and the meaning we project onto inanimate things. How the placement of these objects may provide answers to questions through their connection, formation and pattern. Thinking about the objects relationship to the owner, their origins and the space they are assembled within." - Julius Arthur
