Artist in
residence, leading sculptor Eva Rothschild, collaborated with our
tutor and master weaver Phil Sanderson at the West Dean Tapestry
Studio. This follows our Open Call in 2016, possibly the first UK
Tapestry Open Call. This collaboration will see a unique, hand
woven tapestry produced at the West Dean Tapestry Studio.
The new tapestry The Fallowfield from Eva Rothschild
was on show at
Collect 2018. Eva is primarily known as a sculptor, although
she has always engaged with ways of making associated with
textiles, most specifically weaving and rug making, and has a
longstanding interest in the ways that artists have engaged with
textile making. This commission, coordinated by Master Weaver,
Philip Sanderson, has given Rothschild the opportunity to learn the
principles of tapestry weaving with expert tutorage in the
professional studio. Learning these principles has informed the
final design which has been woven by Master Weavers.
View the tapestry that was on show at Collect 2018 and the
cutting of the tapestry below.