#tapestry

#tapestry

My friend Elaine Short, who has died aged 89, was an artist, potter, teacher and Francophile. She was also a skilled and talented weaver. When I met her in the 1990s she showed me some of her beautiful tapestries, many of them inspired by the Sussex countryside. Her work was exhibited in galleries including Hastings Art Forum, where she was an active member, and her tapestry techniques were much admired.

My patchwork veils are wired tapestries of images and texture...I want it to feel complex but simple at the same time. I want the details and the objects to carry memory and trigger viewers into thinking about their associations with certain patterns and textures.