Veronica Pock | Handwoven textiles

Tag: mixed media art

  • Stories from the weave studio – May

    Into high summer The hedgerows are full, the cow parsley is billowing, and the fields are full of buttercups. There’s a sensation of motion, of being propelled into the full heat and vigour of summer. My allotment is full of weeds, which seem to grow at twice the speed of…

  • Stories from the weave studio – April

    Sand, rock, sea and sky Early April on the isle of Mull. The first time I’ve seen Mull so early in the year. The cuckoo is yet to arrive. The trees, clustered in sheltered spots and valleys, are still bare, revealing their secrets, and the landscape lies wide open. Ever…

  • Stories from the weave studio – March

    Vernal With the vernal equinox last week, spring has well and truly arrived. Although the temperatures here in The Hague are still chilly, my garden has burst into life with bulbs pushing through to the light, daffodils dancing on the fresh north-westerly wind, and the shrubs and trees alight with…

  • Stories from the weave studio – February

    New growth The 1st of February, St Brigid’s Day, Imbolc, marks the beginning of spring in the natural calendar, and on that day, it did feel as if there was indeed a perceptible lightness in the air, the earth was beginning to stir with life, and the birds were noticeably…

  • Stories from the weave studio – January

    Letting in the light “When work is made with threads, it is considered craft; when it’s on paper it is considered art.” Anni Albers I’d like to think that things are changing, thanks to artists like Anni Albers, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Shiela Hicks… the list goes on. Textiles are functional, nonfunctional,…

  • Stories from the weave studio – December

    Reflections “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” Andrew Wyeth In this quiet time, as the old year draws to a close, the days begin to…

  • Stories from the weave studio – November

    Darkling days It’s almost mid-December and I’m catching up, writing about November. A busy time in these darkling days of late autumn. Finishing off experimental weaves using a double warp – each warp separately tensioned – has led to some interesting new work. Weaving the vintage maps into the warp…

  • Stories from the weave studio – October

    Layers Starting with some new pieces using paper weft and linen, cotton and hemp in the warp, I’ve been using a double warp set up, something that I’ve not tried before on my current loom. I realise that I’ve not been exploiting the full potential of my loom, which has…

  • Stories from the weave studio – September

    Serendipity Following the long summer break, it’s sometimes difficult to jump straight back into a state of creative flow. I was helped greatly by having an unfinished warp on the loom, which I’ve been able to dwell on over the past two months. Once I started work again, the pieces…

  • Stories from the weave studio – August

    Fire and ice I’m late writing my August blog as it’s already well into September; no weaving has taken place throughout the past month – but August has been filled with foreign travel and holidays. For now, my head is full of summer heatwaves and dramatic Icelandic landscapes. Words aren’t…