The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Louise Anderson
New Zealand
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Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece. -
Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece. -
Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece. -
Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece. -
Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece. -
Artist's Statement
The essence of my work is about the passage of time and how it is reflected and incorporated within hand woven textiles. It underpins the quality and the skill in using processes and techniques involving traditional methods.
I see the meditative process of weaving as an accumulation of time itself and with each pick of yarn both the cloth and the time grow. Thus each length of weaving represents a specific passage of time, from Ikat patterning graduating down the cloth to incorporating strips of already woven cloth, together past and present time becomes one.
I am inspired by natural yarns such as linen, hemp and paper and use a subdued palette to portray a calm almost meditative effect within the work. These quiet colours, if not from the natural yarn itself, are obtained from natural indigo, rust printing, rust dyeing & tea staining. The graduation of colour within the cloth is created by using traditional dip dyeing, resist dyeing staining or resist dyeing techniques such as Ikat. These processes take patience, planning and precision yet can still be quite unpredictable. I find this element to be alluring, individual, and the process exciting.
The edges of the work are important to me as these edges are framing the time itself, a finishing of the journey of time taken to make that piece.
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