Woven Art for Sale

WEAVING

I began weaving again in 2019, when I attended a short course with Elda Abranson (https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Elda-Abramson-Paintings-635279856873699/ I realised its potential as a technique to portray the sea scenes I love. The Gobelin Tapestry style, in which the warp is not visible, is ideal for creating pictures. Only basic equipment is required: a frame, a fork and yarns for warp and weft. As part of my attempts to work sustainably, I source yarns from local charity shops when possible which also benefits the good causes. During ‘Lockdown’, I taught myself to spin and also dyed some of my own wool and cotton threads. Weaving is intensive for labour and materials. No tapestry can be produced quickly and because the weft must be compacted by ‘beating down’, a lot of yarn is used.

Harvest Moon Rising

Tapestry weaving approximately 28cm wide x 36cm long. Mixed yarns, mostly wool, some cotton and bamboo. Hung on driftwood. £90

Large Woven Tapestry Picture: Bexhill Sunrise

A Lockdown labour of love! Gobelin tapestry weaving. Mixed yarns: wool (some hand spun and dyed by me), cotton, silk, acrylic. H 60cm x W44 cm £250

Seaworn Shell Tapestry

Approximate dimensions 24cm x 22cm. Yarns: wool, cotton and linen. Hung on driftwood. £70

Environmental Weaving Series

Sometimes projects begin with ideas and events that coalesce. I was given some rainbow coloured pre-yarn from Estonia. It was beautiful, but fragile and needed to be mixed with other yarns to weave. I wanted to create some pieces to reflect my concerns about environmental pollution. I find plenty of plastic fibres on the beach from fishing and sailing, which will pollute the marine ecosystem. So, in this environmental series, the rainbow colours form a background, representing the beauty of nature and plastic fibres found on the beach are infiltrating the natural environment.

Man vs Nature 2

Manmade fibres (fishing net found on the beach) are infiltrating the natural woolen fibres. Warp threads are revealed through a hole in the ozone layer. Weaving = 23cm x 25cm. Hung on driftwood.

£70

Global Warming

Pollution; plastics found on the beach, have infiltrated the environment. The global warming is shown in the warm colour palette of the yarns. Hung on bone found on the beach. £70

Alternative Future 1: Nature Regenerates

If we address environmental pollution issues, nature’s beauty will return. Weaving approx. 22cm W x 30cm L. Hung on decorative ‘twig’ Wrapped dowel with hand-felted leaves. £70