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Orkney 2020
Fancy Twill Weave - Detail 2
Colour Block Twill - Detail 1
Colour Block Twill - Detail 2
Colour Block Twill
Fancy Twill Weave - Detail 1
Fancy Twill Weave
Green Silk Hanging - Green Silk, Orange and Grey - Detail
Green Silk Hanging - Green Silk, Orange and Grey
Icicles - Detail 1
Icicles - Detail 2
Icicles
Landscape - Detail 1
Landscape - Detail 2
Landscape
Orkney Lace Weave - Detail 1
Orkney Lace Weave - Detail 2
Orkney Lace Weave
Plain Weave & 5 Stripes - Detail 1
Plain Weave & 5 Stripes - Detail 2
Plain Weave & 5 Stripes
Sea and Landscape Check - Detail 1
Sea and Landscape Check - Detail 2
Sea and Landscape Check
Silk & St Kilda Wool | Detail 1
Silk & St Kilda Wool - Detail 2
Silk & St Kilda Wool
The Show - 1
The Show - 2
The Show - 3
The Show - 4
The Show - 5
The Show - 6
The Show - 7
Through the Window - Detail 1
Through the Window - Detail 2
Through the Window - Spring Colours - Detail 1
Through the Window - Spring Colours - Detail 2
Through the Window - Spring Colours
Through the Window
White Wool Wall Hanging - Detail
White Wool Wall Hanging
Woven silk and St Kilda fine wool. St Kilda wool is a blend of wool from Boreray and Soay sheep. Both are rare British breeds.
Herringbone woven silk, ikat dyed warp and block colours. Colours inspired by Orkney landscapes
Deep red silk with thin contrast blue stripe. Hand dyed Japanese slub silk weft yarns.
Contrast satin bands and slub weft yarns with ikat woven warp.
Window pane check offers a sharp geometric contrast to the blurred ikat effect. Silk yarns with metal thread.
Silk and Merino wool in both warp and weft. Herringbone twill with contrast sections.
Silk and Merino wool, undulating twill structure and block colours. Colour pallette inspired by a Giovanni Bellini Altarpiece.
Slim blue striped silk using block colours in the weft and a modified twill structure.
PRIVACY & COOKIES
Very glad to be appearing at LCW with other Suffol
Orcadian sunset. Needs no words. @pierartscentre
I have returned after an inspirational residency a
Drama of sun setting today over Birsay. @suffolkcr
More from Birsay.
A starter for the stones of Orkney. Earls Palace,
On the ferry to Stromness after drive north @suffo
Sampling from a warp of autumn glory before settin
Feeling very fortunate to have been accepted for a
Ready for Christmas tea!
A third and last one from the silk warp that came
Stages in the process and then detail of final res
Instagram post 18049108384822293
Silks for rich mix of colours in a stole for a win
Bringing gold into colour and design. New directio
pots of gold somewhere there. @suffolkcraftsociety
New work ready for suffolk craft society show at I
Back to the basics to find a new warp @suffolkcraf
A new piece made on commission for a good friend.
Silk, wool, metal thread, hints to me of cloth of
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