About
Woven Tapestry
This is what its all about colour, yarn, passion and technique
Embroidery
Skibo the Corgi looking at a Butterfly towards Cley Hill in Wiltshire
Dryad Four Shaft Floor Loom
Traditional hand weaving loom
About Me
My journey from Art to Textiles
Hi I’m Pascale - Artist, Designer, Teacher, Curator and Exhibitor since 1990. It all started with being part of a group of five artists who rented one of the buildings from British Rail at Sherborne Station in Dorset. I then joined Sherborne Contemporary Arts and became an outreach worker for South West Artshare as Exhibition Co-ordination securing lottery funding for an exhibition at Sherborne House.
In 1997 I moved to Wiltshire and trained as a Picture Framer under the watchful eye of Jem Marsh who was a brilliant engineer famous for the Marcos car. I then went onto build up my own picture framing business from Stowford Manor Farm and created Access All Arts I ran projects with Wiltshire County Council, worked closely with local schools and colleges from Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Frome, Keevil, and other organisations such as Trowbridge Museum.
During this period I exhibited mainly in Bath for the Fringe and was a resident artist at The American Museum for a day as well as other galleries in Bath, The Victoria Art Gallery for their Summer show and Beaux Art in Cork Street.
in 2008 I moved to France with my partner who continued with his job in the UK. I project managed a small holding to be developed as an Art Centre/Boutique Camping. Due to unforeseen circumstances I returned to the UK in 2011.
With no real stability or studio I focused on photography it’s always been an interest and I just felt this was the time to develop it further I reinvented my practise and created www.beautifulcardcompany.com
In 2017 I picked up a needle and worked on a couple design ideas I had for needlepoints and just knew this something I could really enjoy and develop also having made large paintings in the past it was time to create something more portable.
During lock down when Covid hit I bought a Four shaft Counterblance loom and just fell in love with weaving. Tapestry weaving and pattern weaving … not only that but everything that goes with yarn and wool. The processing of the fleece, to the dyeing and spinning it’s fascinating.
Follow me through an exciting and interesting journey of sheep, wool, dyeing, spinning and weaving