I was gifted my loom as a leaving gift from my colleagues at Birmingham City University six years ago and I’ve still got a little of the seven yards left. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed spending some spare hours over the last few years making cloth and the chapters of weaving are a record of my relationship with colours, found materials, and technical tests I’ve undertaken at the loom. As a printer this is not my natural habitat!

With a newly sorted studio space I noticed the sun was streaming in through the windows and on to the loom, so I made time last weekend to get back to my warp and weft threads. I am using the process a bit like drawing as I create marks and rhythms through textures and colour. While I’m looking forward to being able to see the entire warp woven, it’s more about the process of weaving that I’m really enjoying, and in some ways I don’t want the length to end… that’s my excuse anyway!