Window on Weaving: Wall III

Arboretum
Rosemary Reeves

29 x 18 cm; hemp warp, nettle yarn and a mix of wool, dried grass, paper yarn and embroidery silk weft

From a study of gnarled trees and tree bark.

Dancer 2
Jane Brunning

16 x 25 cm; cotton warp, linen silk and raffia weft
jane.brunning@virgin.net

In this tapestry, I have tried to capture a glimpse, as though looking through a window, of the energy and movement through the expression of dance. Dancers 2 was inspired by a poem by Edward Lowbury called 'A Garland for Margot Fonteyn.' Her magic. Soars across /All frontiers; translates /The music - cool as moss'.

Dancer 2 is woven leaving the fine cotton warps exposed around her. She is woven in linen, silk for the embellishment for her dress and ballet shoes, and her spiky hair is raffia. I like to use unusual yarns when I weave, especially plant-based fibres like linen, ramie, nettle, and very often it is these yarns that inform my work.

Flu Weaving 1
Joan Kendall

13 x 40 cm
+44 07778 017 462
joan@soulweaving.co.uk

The piece in this exhibition was created at Christmas time during a bout of flu. Feeling rather low and disengaged I set myself the task of weaving a piece a day for 7 days. When viewed together, they became my flu diary. From a less than enthusiastic start, the pieces became more and more absorbing and complex in their make-up, and I became less and less concerned with my condition, relaxing into the rhythm of weaving and allowed the materials to lead me... I believe they had a hand in my recovery, and I discovered that flu can be motivational and the source of creativity!

Dancer 1
Jane Brunning

72 x 48 cm; cotton warp, nettle, wool, linen and silk weft

In this tapestry,  Dancer 1, I have tried to capture a glimpse, as though looking through a window, of the energy and movement through the expression of dance. Dancer 1 was inspired by a poem by Edward Lowbury called 'A Garland for Margot Fonteyn'. 'Her magic. Soars across /All frontiers; translates /The music - cool as moss'.

In Dancer 1, I drew the image onto styrofoam and used it as a printing block to create the design. I dyed the warp in 3 colours and set a double warp at 2 epc. I dyed the nettle weft to which I have also added wool in the mix. Splitting the warp and using fine linen and silk white yarns has created the dancing figure. Some of the warp threads are left exposed.

Lowestoft
Jennifer Woolnough

45 x 39 cm; wool, silk, viscose, cotton; on a cotton warp

A painting of the sea on the Suffolk coast inspired this Tapestry.  Brushstrokes, broad and horizontal, bold and repetitive were of particular interest.

The Anni Albers retrospective at the Tate gave me a resolve to weave this piece and ‘do battle’ balancing forms and colour whilst depicting the sea.

Weaving the wide swathes of sand, the geometric blues with the odd sparkle, reminded me of Lowestoft; the industrial harbour buildings and the 1960’s developments that repeat in grid like forms.

Window on Waste
Rosemary Reeves

27 x 30 cm

Found materials Found objects from the beach - and a skip! - interlaced with threads from my weaving basket

Ambient
David Stokes

82 x 25 cm; cotton warp, worsted, tencel and lurex weft
davidstokesds@aol.com

I am currently exploring the concept of pairing down formal elements such as line, structure, tonal value, space and colour whilst maintaining significant form. I believe that an individual's response to the visual arts is both subjective and culturally influenced. As such, Ambient is my attempt to express an aspect of stillness, inclusivity and submersion.

Snowdonia
Hilary Charlesworth

15 x 10 cm; cotton warp, mixed yarns weft
hilary@totallytextiles.co.uk

Inspired by reading ‘Snowdon Shepherd’ by Keith Bowen.