Smiths Row at Christmas, Bury St Edmunds

Elan Valley, 2011. Jacquard woven silk and cotton.

Pembrokeshire Grasses, 2011. Jacquard woven silk and cotton.

Opening this Friday 11th Nov is the Christmas exhibition at Smiths Row in Bury St Edmunds. Its quite a roll call of makers and artists who have been invited to show work, and I'm delighted to have a number of my jacquard woven works included.

some new photo's to share with you.......

Some new photo's..... Firstly from the Fibre Art Wales 'Ffibr' exhibition at Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran earlier this year:

'Better than Grey' exhibition at the Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, 21^st January – 7^th March 2009, photos by Douglas Atfield:

And lastly, some new pictures by Pinegate Photogrpahy in Cardiff:

'Optic Twist' at Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery

Have recently been sent this picture of my latest work 'Optic Twist' which was specially commissioned by Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery for their exhibition 'Better than Grey: a serious consideration of colour'. This was the largest sculpture I have made to date measuring 45x24x12cm. Encapsulated in the acrylic is a hand woven leno fabric in cotton and nylon monofilament. The vivid highly contrasting stripes of colour, combined with the leno twists are designed to create dramatic optical effects and afterimages. Below is a detail of the fabric before it was cast: