Crafts CouncilDirectoryAnna Raytextile artistRickmansworth, EnglandWebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookAboutInfoNewsI absorb visual textures and structures from the world around me: surfaces, patterns, networks. My mind is drawn to these phenomena. It is natural to build and deconstruct using the primal sensual processes latent in us all. I work with my subconscious, handling humble materials: wrapping, weaving, cutting, stitching, staining, until I arrive at forms and surfaces that thrill and intrigue me. I am interested in reaching and exceeding my potential in order to create mesmerising works of art.Focus:textilesCV:Download documentAnna Ray wins the 2021 Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award26 February 2021Anna Ray has won the second annual Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award for her colourful sculptures Capture and Weave.WIRED Magazine commission01 November 2017'Dot' artwork commission for the Features page of WIRED Magazine. Celebrating the 100th Issue, December 2017. Thanks to WIRED Art Director Mary Lees.MG Interview - Anna Ray01 December 2016Reporter Seza Bali. Interview for Petals Magazine, Winter 2016, Issue 011/Vanilla Edition. Turkey.In the Studio - Feature - The Independent23 January 2016Article in The Independent, RADAR by Karen Wright.AboutI absorb visual textures and structures from the world around me: surfaces, patterns, networks. My mind is drawn to these phenomena. It is natural to build and deconstruct using the primal sensual processes latent in us all. I work with my subconscious, handling humble materials: wrapping, weaving, cutting, stitching, staining, until I arrive at forms and surfaces that thrill and intrigue me. I am interested in reaching and exceeding my potential in order to create mesmerising works of art.InfoFocus:textilesCV:Download documentNewsAnna Ray wins the 2021 Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award26 February 2021Anna Ray has won the second annual Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award for her colourful sculptures Capture and Weave.WIRED Magazine commission01 November 2017'Dot' artwork commission for the Features page of WIRED Magazine. Celebrating the 100th Issue, December 2017. Thanks to WIRED Art Director Mary Lees.MG Interview - Anna Ray01 December 2016Reporter Seza Bali. Interview for Petals Magazine, Winter 2016, Issue 011/Vanilla Edition. Turkey.In the Studio - Feature - The Independent23 January 2016Article in The Independent, RADAR by Karen Wright.WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookProjectCoralProjectKnotProjectGiuseppeProjectBloom (Marguerite)ProjectPointillist - The Cordis Prize Shortlist for Tapestry 2016ProjectRHS Chelsea Flower Show - Artist in Residence 2015-2016ProjectIn the Garden - Silk Hand EmbroideryProjectGowling WLG Commissions and Acquisitions
Anna Ray wins the 2021 Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award26 February 2021Anna Ray has won the second annual Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award for her colourful sculptures Capture and Weave.
WIRED Magazine commission01 November 2017'Dot' artwork commission for the Features page of WIRED Magazine. Celebrating the 100th Issue, December 2017. Thanks to WIRED Art Director Mary Lees.
MG Interview - Anna Ray01 December 2016Reporter Seza Bali. Interview for Petals Magazine, Winter 2016, Issue 011/Vanilla Edition. Turkey.
In the Studio - Feature - The Independent23 January 2016Article in The Independent, RADAR by Karen Wright.
Anna Ray wins the 2021 Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award26 February 2021Anna Ray has won the second annual Brookfield Properties Crafts Council Collection Award for her colourful sculptures Capture and Weave.
WIRED Magazine commission01 November 2017'Dot' artwork commission for the Features page of WIRED Magazine. Celebrating the 100th Issue, December 2017. Thanks to WIRED Art Director Mary Lees.
MG Interview - Anna Ray01 December 2016Reporter Seza Bali. Interview for Petals Magazine, Winter 2016, Issue 011/Vanilla Edition. Turkey.
In the Studio - Feature - The Independent23 January 2016Article in The Independent, RADAR by Karen Wright.