Emily Jo Gibbs is a British Artist who has established an international reputation for her delicate textiles. Gibbs’ work encompasses portraiture, still-life and landscape.
Predominantly working with silk organza layered onto linen Emily creates hand-stitched appliqué with a graphic quality, observing the quiet beauty of the overlooked.
Often making work depicting other makers, stitching in a meticulous way using tiny stab stitches she celebrates people who make things. She describes her investment of time in making the work as a quiet, thoughtful act of care and value for people who make things.
Projects include; The Value of Making – Collect Open 2018
The Boat Builders – St Barbes Museum 2021
Shining a Light – Artist in Residence at Trinity Buoy Wharf 2025
Emily Jo Gibbs practice is in rooted in making, being able to make things has shaped who she is, giving her a sense of identity and self-worth as a young person. Shortly after graduating from Wolverhampton University in 1994 having studied ‘Wood Metal and Plastics’ she set up a small business making tiny textile and metal bags. Works from this period are in The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Crafts Council Collection and The Museum of Fine Art, Houston
