Journal

27.10.20 | A rhythm and a movement

Sitting at my loom helps me feel connected to human beings and the natural world. A deep connection to people comes through in the act of weaving, in the process, in the ritual – knowing others hands have also woven cloth, across time, across culture.
A connection with the natural world comes through in the materials I gravitate towards, with their ability to hold stories and memories of the land. Weaving allows me to slow down, look outside my window, or take my loom outside. Aligning to the pace I see around me. A rhythm I see amid birds, in cloud shifting over sky, the sun in play with cloud, shadows dancing on stone, or rain beginning to build. There is always movement, a rhythm and movement. As on the loom, a rhythm and a movement, a rhythm and a movement.

19.10.20 | Way of seeing

I began reflecting on the visual element involved in hand-built pottery, and how being immersed and engrossed in this process is an ongoing training, a way of seeing – a visual training. Constantly my eyes are falling on things that I find beautiful, again and again I'm drawn towards textures, colours, subtleties.
The process of hand-building is an opportunity to further develop this. It allows time to become sensitive with my hands through repetitive tactile touch, but also visually.
The eyes and the hands hold importance, If I'm not looking at what I'm creating there's a small disconnect. There's some sense of it aiding and assisting in my way of seeing, a way of seeing the world poetically, a way of seeing the world with all its beauty, especially that of texture, tone and shape.

27.06.19 | New wall hanging designs currently in progress.

12.02.2018 | Thoughts on natural dyeing

There is a human need to reconnect with the ancient art of natural dyeing and weaving. The colours derived from natural materials cannot be replicated by machines. They have a sensitivity and a fragility all of their own and they undergo changes with time, like all living things.

Nature is the key to many human problems and reverence for it leads to psychological and physical solutions. The peoples of ancient cultures adhere to this principle of reverence. In their tapestries, paintings, pottery and literature we can find the human spirit in action. In their works we find ourselves.