Claire Cooper Walsh
I am currently devoting my creative time to weaving and am excited by the creation of cloth from yarn, and experimenting with combining crochet and sculptural materials, such as chicken wire, to create 3D tapestry pieces. I love playing with different kinds of yarn, from wool, cotton and sari silk waste to banana silk and having recently been given some fleeces, I am learning to spin and dye some of my own yarns for weaving. I do not usually work from sketches, preferring to let each piece evolve through playing with colour and texture. However some of my more structured, formal pieces have begun with experimentation using a small loom to try out various colour blends and different tapestry stitches and techniques, and then created with the aid of a coloured drawing or cartoon, attached to the loom. I am inspired by colours, patterns and textures found in nature , as well as my interest in the environment, in particular, the destruction of rainforests.
Member of MTF and The British Tapestry Group
Available for talks
Contact Details -
email: ccooperwalsh@gmail.com