Gyllian Thomson

THE CEASELESS SURGE

LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE SEA

BLUE

DESIRE PATH

AULD STONES AND THIN PLACES

THE GLOW

LINEAR CORRIDOR

STREAM CORRIDOR

My work is my own personal response to what I see in the world round me. ing textiles is like a tactile literacy. First, I paint then I interpret these into my tapestries using wool, cotton, acrylic, threads, and plastics. I work on an upright scaffold loom and weave painterly marks via warp and weft. 

Tapestry requires an intimate involvement with the hand and eye in an unaggressive way. It has a quiet strength, a gentleness and a fragility, but it also demands a respect and an admiration. This is why I chose it as my way of expressing myself, it feels like part of me. It is unassuming at first but increasingly demands attention. I live with a chronic pain condition myself and in a way I feel I share some of the fragility of my tapestries. At the same time tapestry gives me strength as I am always in awe of the way it grows from the start to the finished piece. When I look at my work I am caught in a non-judgemental response to the work. It is a happy time and it demands that I challenge myself to create.