Jennifer Wilson
JENNIFER WILSON has been exhibiting widely since 1982. She was first drawn to textiles as a medium for her art through their particularly sensuous qualities. The depth and range of colour, the textures and the possibility of constructing a work as in sculpture offer a freedom that is not possible in paint. Felt is the basic medium of all her work; it is an extremely versatile material, since designs can be worked directly into it as it is made; it can be cut up and combined, by refelting, into other work; stitched upon by hand or machine and even built up into three dimensions. Her recent work is in stitched collage, using paper, hand made silk paper and very light, hand made and dyed wool and silk felt.
“The sea and landscape are strong elements in the inspiration for my work, both real and imagined, coming from memory and mood suggested by association and from reading poetry. I have lived close to the sea for nearly thirty years. Landscape is significant to me through its historical links and flowers are ever present, always a part of my life. Plants and flowers are often recognisable in themselves, I but there are clear references within the forms to the textile element of the medium by the use of particular types of stitching or fibres."
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2004 May – JuneJust Art Fochabers
Gallery Q2, Dundee.
June – Sept Timespan, Helmsdale
2005April – MayJust Art, Fochabers
July – AugTolquhon Gallery
Nov – DecShipley Gallery, Gateshead.
2006 FebruaryWorkshop with Gordonstoun School
July – AugJust Art, Fochabers
AugustTolquhon Gallery
2007 MayTolquhon Gallery, with Danny Ross
Aug. Just Art
Dec. Lillie Gallery Milngavie, Christmas Show.
Work also on show in other commercial galleries and in the collections of Aberdeen Art Gallery and The Moray Council.
Work included in ‘The New Machine Embroidery’ by Joy Clucas, and in ‘The Embroiderer’s Garden’, ‘The Embroiderer’s Flowers’, ‘The Embroiderer’s Story’, and ‘Gardening with Silk and Gold’, by Thomasina Beck.
Has led workshops with the Embroiderer’s Guild, The Highland Textile Guild,
Moray College, and the Feltmaker’s Association in Scotland and California.
