My recent framed and hanging work concentrates on rural landscape spaces, and in particular coastal regions, with cliffs and coves that are found on parts of the south coast of England. The strong sense of the horizontal of the sea and the horizon and the vertical of the cliffs connects for me with the warp and weft of the weaving process that has been at the centre of my practical work. I am also interested in using stitch techniques to examine details of the landscape; the layering of rocks in a cliff face or the surface of the sea.
In my ranges of scarves I am translating these ideas using high twist yarns with silks, linens, cottons, and rayon to create colourful lightweight scarves. By mixing combinations of these yarns I control the way the cloth reflects the light and the feel and drape of the finished scarf. Each type of scarf uses the weave structure in a different way to create texture. I design each set of warp colours afresh and will typically weave five or six scarves each with a different weft colouring making each scarf an individual one-off design.
Prices range from £50 to £500.
2006 Art in Action at Waterperry House, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
2006 Exhibition in gallery shop at Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
2005-6 ‘Christmas Present’ Group exhibition at Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2005 ‘Top Dressing’ at Model House, Wales
2005 ‘Gift’ at Farnham Maltings, Surrey
2005 ‘Chelsea Crafts Fair’ at Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
2005 Christmas exhibition at Victoria Fearn, Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2005 ‘The Sea’ at Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire
2004-5 Christmas exhibition at Stewart Zimmer Gallery, Arundel, West Sussex
2003‘Material Matters’ at The Living Gallery, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2004-5 To design two scarves inspired by Turner and Whistler for Tate Enterprises. I then hand wove a limited number of each for sale in Tate Britain exhibition shop during the Turner Whisler Monet exhibition Jan-Mar 2005.
2006 ‘Weaving a like dream’ Giftware Review March
2005 ‘A natural affinity’ Selvedge Magazine April/May Issue 05
Bircham Gallery, 14 Market Place, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6BW T:01263 713 312
Concrete Wardrobe, 137-139 Cowgate, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 1NA T:0131 558 7130
Framework Gallery, 5-9 Creekside, Deptford, London SE8 4SA
Griffin’s Yard, North Road, South Molton, Devon EX36 3AZ T:01769 574 284
The Edge Gallery, 20-22 King Street, Lancaster LA1 1JY T;01524 66029
West Dean Visitors Centre West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0RX T:01243 818 279
From my studio by appointment.