Looking at nature and enjoying the rich blend of colours and patterns, as well as shapes and forms has always inspired my work and through tufting wool, I can interpret nature into a home setting. By essentially painting with wool, I can mirror scenes of nature and create striking pieces of work that embody all the aspects I’ve come to love within craft and design. From base materials to finished piece, I am involved and can draw knowledge from multiple practices, be it woodworking to back a piece or sewing to complete a cushion.

Tufting nature allows me to mirror the depth and otherwise unique colours found throughout the year with the changing seasons and apply them in a rug or wall piece that encapsulates that scene long after the colours fade in nature. From a photo or a memory, I can recreate form and tone in wool which can then be shaped and carved to create deeper yet subtle curves with sudden sharper edges that can only be found in natural environments; creating pieces that captures nature in a somewhat abstract way. 

The idea of creating a detailed, multi-layered piece of art that essentially is  a  rug, provokes the idea that perhaps it shouldn’t be a used as itsintendedpurpose. I like to challenge the traditional idea that a rug is just a decorative piece of floor furniture to accent a room, instead questioning if it should be a displayed piece, not to be walked over.

Natural Homes

These pieces focus on the character known as the 'Green Man' who until moving to Hastings I had never heard of. Seen as the spirit of regrowth, he is the mascot of spring and the May Day festival, celebrated heavily here in Hastings.
Inspired by the graffiti, banners and motifs that adorned the streets in Spring, I decided to create a rug and cushion pairing to capture him myself.

Measurements - 1800 mm x 1200 mm
Fully backed and tassel trim edges.

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