Crafts CouncilDirectoryAlan OliverHandweaver, Dyer & Print MakerLondon, EnglandTextilesWeavingCraft educatorPrintmakingGraduate 2020WebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterFacebookAboutInfoNewsI am a weaver, dyer and printer and use traditional textile practices to create handwoven rugs, wallhangings and printed textiles. My practice is guided by my environment and the sense of identity born out of the learnt physical history and storytelling inherent within traditional textile crafts. My work is concerned with an identity of place, found in the dyes I make from collected and foraged resources, and, also, by referencing aspects of local history and folklore within individual pieces.Focus:Handwoven rugs & wallhangings, natural dyeing, screen-printing & printed textiles.CV:Download documentCommissions:Available for commissionsUAL Purchases Work for Permanent Collection01/03/2021I am very happy to announce that the University of the Arts, London have recently purchased my piece 'Rebar' for their permanent collection. Time & Place, ART EXHIBITION at The Fitzrovia Gallery18th - 20th May 2021Time and Place is a new exhibition featuring works by studio partners Brian Reinker and Alan Oliver. Combining collage, woven tapestries and rugs, and original works on paper, Time and Place will showcase works created by the artists during the Covid pandemic of 2020/21.AboutI am a weaver, dyer and printer and use traditional textile practices to create handwoven rugs, wallhangings and printed textiles. My practice is guided by my environment and the sense of identity born out of the learnt physical history and storytelling inherent within traditional textile crafts. My work is concerned with an identity of place, found in the dyes I make from collected and foraged resources, and, also, by referencing aspects of local history and folklore within individual pieces.InfoFocus:Handwoven rugs & wallhangings, natural dyeing, screen-printing & printed textiles.CV:Download documentCommissions:Available for commissionsNewsUAL Purchases Work for Permanent Collection01/03/2021I am very happy to announce that the University of the Arts, London have recently purchased my piece 'Rebar' for their permanent collection. Time & Place, ART EXHIBITION at The Fitzrovia Gallery18th - 20th May 2021Time and Place is a new exhibition featuring works by studio partners Brian Reinker and Alan Oliver. Combining collage, woven tapestries and rugs, and original works on paper, Time and Place will showcase works created by the artists during the Covid pandemic of 2020/21.WebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterFacebookProjectCurrentProjectMother & SonProjectThames ProjectProject'Rebar'Project'Flight'ProjectBlue Lattice RugProjectGeometric Design RugProjectChartreuse Fade Rug
UAL Purchases Work for Permanent Collection01/03/2021I am very happy to announce that the University of the Arts, London have recently purchased my piece 'Rebar' for their permanent collection.
Time & Place, ART EXHIBITION at The Fitzrovia Gallery18th - 20th May 2021Time and Place is a new exhibition featuring works by studio partners Brian Reinker and Alan Oliver. Combining collage, woven tapestries and rugs, and original works on paper, Time and Place will showcase works created by the artists during the Covid pandemic of 2020/21.
UAL Purchases Work for Permanent Collection01/03/2021I am very happy to announce that the University of the Arts, London have recently purchased my piece 'Rebar' for their permanent collection.
Time & Place, ART EXHIBITION at The Fitzrovia Gallery18th - 20th May 2021Time and Place is a new exhibition featuring works by studio partners Brian Reinker and Alan Oliver. Combining collage, woven tapestries and rugs, and original works on paper, Time and Place will showcase works created by the artists during the Covid pandemic of 2020/21.