Tapestry Weaving 

Sarah appreciates how her prior knowledge of colour and colour theory, lends itself to the wonderful opportunity of almost 'painting' with yarn in her tapestry weaving.

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With nature and the wider environment as her inspiration she is drawn to seasonal colours, historical features, and the visual form and changes in the landscape.  These changes may take place in one day or over a longer period of time.​

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Alongside traditional tapestry yarns, she likes to explore the use of other yarns and fibres in her work, hand spinning some of these herself.  The latter often creates textural depth to the work, helping to depict contours and naturally occurring patterns.  Other fibres she uses include nettle, hemp, paper, linen and cotton.

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This year she is focusing on weaving tapestries that depict different landscape types; Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape features; and tapestries that have habitat elements woven into them, such as seed-heads, crops, grasses and twigs.

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Click on the images above to see individual titles and descriptions.

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Sarah is a member of the British Tapestry Group and attends courses and workshops taught by Master Weaver Caron Penney.