Walking Wheatfen Winter

Returning to Wheatfen Nature Reserve in the winter months, I was inspired by the quiet stillness and bare structures of the winter landscape. Walking the paths and becoming familiar with the landscape, I made connections with the slowness and movement of walking and how these are echoed in the rhythms and repetition of weaving to create quiet and meditative artworks for interiors that celebrate the beauty of the natural landscape.​ ‘Walking Wheatfen Winter’ was shortlisted for the Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award 2020.

Part of the Broads Authority’s Water Mills and Marshes: Celebrating the Landscape project, I was one of six artists commissioned to create work responding to the Broads landscape for the ‘Woven Waters’ exhibition at Norwich Cathedral Hostry.

Walking Wheatfen Winter - Woven textiles for interiors with sustainable design in mind
Walking Wheatfen - Basketry experiments using natural materials
Wheatfen Nature Reserve, Norfolk Broads - Walking and gathering inspiration
Drawing at Wheatfen - Walking and drawing at Wheatfen Nature Reserve, Norfolk Broads
Walking Wheatfen Winter (detail) - Woven textiles using paper yarn and natural dyes
Walking Wheatfen - Woven textiles using paper yarn and natural dyes
Natural dye experiments - Testing materials with locally gathered plant dyes
Walking Wheatfen Winter (detail) - Woven textiles with locally gathered natural dyes
Wheatfen Nature Reserve, Norfolk Broads - Winter inspiration
Walking Wheatfen Winter (detail) - Woven textiles using paper yarn and natural dyes
Walking Wheatfen - Woven textiles using paper yarn and natural dyes
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