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Cut Loop Pile Wall hanging inspiration Dionne Swift & Tone von Krogh

Hand tufted textile sculpture inspired by a visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Hand Tufted Rug from design inspiration and colour choice to show the tufting process and hand carving of the cut and loop pile pure wool rug.

Inspired by crop fields on my travels around Yorkshire and other parts of the UK, this rug or wall hanging was designed to emulate the structure and colour through sculpting the pure wool pile.

Laura Slater is a multidisciplinary textile designer working across process, pattern, print and product solutions for the body or space 2010

This rug was inspired by my favourite inspiration of cultivated fields. The different seasons bring a slightly new colouration to the cultivated fields especially around West Yorkshire.

Custom tufted dark fade graduated trial sample to show an Ombre effect rug in Wool & Linen

Hand Tufted Plectrum Shaped Shaded Gradient Rug In Pure Wool & Linen

Andrew Warburton created a workshop opportunity for the public to have a go at hand tufting and contribute to a community created hand tufted textile wall hanging.

Inspired by walks through the fields around West Yorkshire and the changing view of the field directly in front of Area Rugs workshop in Mirfield, this HAY BALE design rug or wall hanging evokes the movement of the ploughed lines of cultivation but using a palette of expressive, counterintuitive custom dyed pure wool colours.

Hand Tufted Wall Hanging Textile Installation In Pioneer Higher Skills Centre in Dewsbury - Kirklees College with Antony Gormley Sculpture

Dewsbury Creative Town and Woven in Kirklees commissioned Andrew Warburton to create a sculptural installation piece of Art, and to deliver participatory workshops showcasing the hand tufting process for the community to make their own complimentary textile piece of Art.

The first instalment of the hand tufted textile commission was revealed on Saturday 5th June 2021 coinciding with World Environment Day. The commission was located in a seated gazebo in Dewsbury’s Market Place. Opposite the installation, in the shop next to the Arcade entrance, there was an exhibition space and workshop area set up so that the general public could have an opportunity to have a go at hand tufting and contribute to a community created hand tufted textile by creating their own tufted lines on a stretched rug canvas on every Saturday in June 2021.

Andrew Warburton interprets the ‘calving’ imagery of colossal icebergs breaking off Antarctica through his textile wall hanging initial concept idea in handtufting.