Crafts CouncilDirectoryLiz RamsayOver Sea Over ThereLiz RamsayBranston, EnglandOver Sea Over There (Part 1 – The Darkness)Collection of woven silk hangings, various sizes (Maximum 240 x 80cms) Woven during a period of trauma and recalling the dangers, depth and power of the ocean, I draw here on memories and on recent experiences to create textiles of sorrow, pain, anger, darkness and despair.Mist Rises (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light)Hand coloured woven silk hanging - 100 x 80cms Here the mist is rising and the troubled mind clearing. This work depicts early morning sun breaking through a damp morning in Galway Bay.Seashore (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light) After The LightWoven Hanging - Silk, paper, wool, mixed fibres. 120 x 80cms The seashore of our youth, this work conjures up the beach-towel-seaside with rock pools, seaweed, and simple pleasures.Waiting (detail) Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light)Woven silk hanging - 250 x 80cms Marking the passing of time as if in open waters but barely progressing. Though the use of slowly changing shades of counted silk threads, gradually a lighter place and mood obtains.Peace Shawl (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light) After The LightWoven silk shawl - 230 x 80cms Soft, single colour and loosely-woven, here, a calming sea rocks us gently as the shawl envelops us. There is peace. There is respite. There are sandwaves on the seashore and all is well.Over Sea Over ThereLiz RamsayBranston, EnglandOver Sea Over There (Part 1 – The Darkness)Collection of woven silk hangings, various sizes (Maximum 240 x 80cms) Woven during a period of trauma and recalling the dangers, depth and power of the ocean, I draw here on memories and on recent experiences to create textiles of sorrow, pain, anger, darkness and despair.Waiting (detail) Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light)Woven silk hanging - 250 x 80cms Marking the passing of time as if in open waters but barely progressing. Though the use of slowly changing shades of counted silk threads, gradually a lighter place and mood obtains.Mist Rises (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light)Hand coloured woven silk hanging - 100 x 80cms Here the mist is rising and the troubled mind clearing. This work depicts early morning sun breaking through a damp morning in Galway Bay.Peace Shawl (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light) After The LightWoven silk shawl - 230 x 80cms Soft, single colour and loosely-woven, here, a calming sea rocks us gently as the shawl envelops us. There is peace. There is respite. There are sandwaves on the seashore and all is well.Seashore (detail) - Over Sea Over There (Part 2 - The Light) After The LightWoven Hanging - Silk, paper, wool, mixed fibres. 120 x 80cms The seashore of our youth, this work conjures up the beach-towel-seaside with rock pools, seaweed, and simple pleasures.More from Liz RamsayProjectFissure & Fragment