Textile Flora Spring Exhibition
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” (Shakespeare, sonnet 18) Wind-scattered hawthorn seeds caught in dark places, hybridising and corrupting gentle blooms; wind-shaken blossom dissolving into black earth; … Continue reading
Textile Flora Winter Exhibition
Textile Flora standing in silent winter landscapes; trees clothed in hard frosts and a falling of snow, dark trees laced against the pale light. Lost leaves reveal secret rookeries and … Continue reading
Textile Flora Telling Tales
Textile Flora growing from spoken words; tall Alliums from formal polite gardens and wild distorted bulbs from secretive, dark, untidy corners. The Wild Wood and the rooky wood move darkly … Continue reading
Textile Flora
The Textile Flora collection takes inspiration from the structures of nature and from the prickly, thorny inhabitants of waste ground and forgotten corners. I use recycled threads and fabrics, dyeing … Continue reading
