Janet Clark - Tapestry Weaver
Artist Statement
Tapestry Weaving is a rich and vibrant medium open to a great deal of interpretation of a subject. It is Slow Art, contemplative, soothing and very expressive.
I am slowly coming to the end of the need to weave the Sea and Sand, wanting to move on and create new images with new motivations. I am still influenced by my visits to Orkney - the mainland and Islands, which is a beautiful place with lots of weather and Archaelogical sites. My recent weavings have echoed my feelings about my visits to Westray, Orkney Mainland and a wonderful and unexpected holiday to Barbados..
Exhibitions to date - to be updated!
The Island, Five Artists Exhibition, The Manse, Westray, Orkney, March 2014Entangled, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield March 2014
Entangled/Lateral, Creative Arts Hub, Mirfield. 7 May to 7 June 2014 www.creativeartshub.org.uk
Holmfirth Art Week - 4 July to 13 July 2013
Northlights Gallery, Stromness, 29 August to 13 September 2013 - During the Science Festival
'Sea Journeys' at Square Chapel, Halifax - 1 September to 20 September 2013
Sand Journeys, Stromness, Orkney 2012
HOST Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield 2012
Holmfirth Art Week, 2012
HOST, Open Studios, Lawrence Batley Theatre, 2011
Twickenham, Stables Gallery, July-September 2011
Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, March 2011
American Tapestry Alliance, 2010 – touring exhibition
Weaving Within, Stirling Castle, Scotland – The British Tapestry Group, September 2009
Organic House Café, Hebden Bridge, July 2009
Tapestry 08, The British Tapestry Group, at Bankfield Museum, 2008
Farfield Mill Arts and Heritage Centre, Sedburgh, Cumbria, 2007
Tapestry Today, The British Tapestry Group, Hebden Bridge, 2006
Woven Threads, Brighton, Summer 2005
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Summer 2005
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, 2002
Woven Threads, Brighton, 2000 – 2002
Woven Voices, Hebden Bridge, 1997-2000
