Nell Swift, Hem Handwoven
Nell Swift is a weaver, capturing the movement and changing colour of the sea. She transforms memories, seascapes of the North Yorkshire Coast and landscapes of the Peak District into scarves, blankets, cushions, wall hangings and rugs full of colour and texture. Nell works in yarns left over from commercial textile production, on a custom-made floor loom, using traditional techniques in a contemporary context. Her work examines past and present through change, with themes of coastal erosion and mathematical codes underpinning the natural world. She specializes in hand-wound gradients. Her colour studies capture the character of unique places. They are meditative forms, designs condensed over years, a fragment of place, the essence of colour, movement and material.
Venue: Cinder Path, High Street (up the steps behind the phone box)
Medium: Handweaver
