Artists.

Shelly Bruscar

I like the use of fabrics. It can be left soft and malleable or stiffened into new forms. You can paint on it rip it combine with different materials... quite forgiving material. It would be interesting to try dying the cotton fabric with natural dyes as onion peels and leafs, beetroot.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2009/11/27/morning-art-shelley-brucar
http://www.handmade-memories.com/

Bert Bergen

http://www.somarts.org/bert-bergen-in-the-ramp-gallery/

Like islands in the sea these forms from Bert Bergen hold your eye. The texture and form laid out randomly keeping you wondering what it is. It brings me back to playing with tar behind the rabbit cages(which was NOT allowed) or getting my sisters high heels stuck and broken walking 6 km on melting freshly tar covered road.

Sunprint

Beautiful and delicate...nature is such an inspiration, be it the roughness or air light patterns.

http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/2011/09/sunprint-fabric-and-beads.html

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse is exploring different textures in materials such as latex, fiberglass, plastic.

Her work seems to balance between rough texture and strict spacial organisation.

I love the way the pieces are not framed.

It would be much stronger experience to actually see her work in real exhibition.

I find working especially with fabrics has advantages as it is quite forgiving and malleable.  

http://artandwomenfa2011.blogspot.ie/2011/11/e-v-h-e-s-s-e.html

Some more cool stuff!

String stamps.

http://www.tracymccabestewart.com/weblog/?p=710

Great texture.