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Welcome to The British Tapestry Group
Welcome to our website where we will show you what we have to offer. We are an enthusiastic and growing organisation whose aims are to:
- Raise the profile of woven tapestry as an art form
- Increase awareness of the process and scope of woven tapestry
- Provide a support and communication network for artists working in woven tapestry
- Circulate information about exhibitions, events and commissions
- Offer opportunities for exhibiting in both national and regional exhibitions
- Provide information about weavers who teach and those who welcome visitors
Review: William Jefferies : A Life In Tapestry
Exhibition Morley Gallery, London 20 January to 7 February 2026 Review by Ngaire Thomson, January 2026 As an ex-student of William Jefferies, I must firstly declare that I have a positive bias towards any work that William produces, I find his work inspirational and this exhibition does not disappoint...
Exhibition: Tapestry of the North : Our Textile Heritage
Tapestry of the North: Our Textile Heritage showcases work from the talented North of England members of the British Tapestry Group, the exhibition consists of a series of hand-woven tapestries in a diverse range of styles and techniques...
Artist of the week: Elizabeth Buckley
My approach to the art of hand woven tapestry involves working in multiple layers and dimensions to create visual poems of blended colors and light. I often incorporate illusions of transparency, three-dimensional forms, and tromp l’oeil effects, utilizing many techniques found in French Gothic and Renaissance tapestries,I draw inspiration from observations of the natural world, what is both seen and invisible. My work articulates the textures of earth memory and the undercurrent of time in terms of millennia; time of the forces which moulded earth’s canyons and mesas, oceans and mountains; time filled with the spirits of those who have come before.
