Moy Mackay
Moy graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1990 with a BA (Hons). She was born in Edinburgh in 1966, trained in Glasgow and now works in the Scottish Borders. 
Her work is rich, vibrant, based on the landscape around her and made from fibers. She has had numerous exhibitions in the UK and USA.. She works from her home in the Tweed Valley on the Scottish Borders creating unique pieces using Merino Fleece fibers. She uses her fibers as other would use a paint brush. 
The result is a “felt painting” with warmth, texture and light. Her utter delight in the landscape is visible in every fiber of her unique work. 
Moy’s paintings are created by replacing paint as a medium with dyed sheep’s fleece, she combines traditional felting techniques with embroidery. 
Through the action of rubbing and rolling, the fibers are joined together to create a unified work, which is usually embellished with hand and machine embroidery to give results that are rich in colour and texture.
Amazing work!! They really do look painted. The only one that is really obviously fibres and embroidery is the third one down.
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