ARTWORKS
Hand woven artwork with brass, jesmonite and perspex wings
150 x 150cm (approx)
This large wall hanging was the result of a creative collaboration between myself and our daughter Lauren Godfrey, an artist working in sculpture, print, painting, and other media.
The weaving structure is lampas, probably my favourite weave, which uses two warps; one for the warp faced pattern, and the other a very thin, almost invisible thread that 'ties' weft and cloth together. It was used by weavers across the centuries in Venice, France and Persia and other places.
The 3 sections were woven and hand stitched together to make an artwork that is 150 x 150cm. Lauren designed the patterns and made the 'wings' in brass, jesmonite and perspex.
'I'm a capability woman'
Hand woven artwork with brass and jesmonite sculpture
The hanging on the left is based on a visit to Harewood House near Harrogate. The extensive grounds were designed by Capability Brown and the hanging is a representation of a view through a window in the house, overlooking the park.
I passed it over the Lauren, who added the jesmonite and brass sculpture seen above. When visiting Harewood she was captivated by two marble caryatids holding up a large mantlepiece in one of the rooms. Bringing together my weaving with her sculpture, she created a playful work which she named ' I'm a capability woman'.