Poppy Fuller Abbott Weavings
Brighton-based weaver Poppy Fuller Abbott creates textile works such as wall hangings and placemats using natural yarns and dyes. She creates nuanced dyes, often using plants grown on her mother’s allotment, each creating natural variations when applied to fibres.
Brighton-based weaver Poppy Fuller Abbott creates textile works using natural yarns and dyes, often from plants grown on her mother's allotment.
To create this ikat wall hanging, she dyes the hemp yarn warp and weft with cutch, then dip-dyes the warp with natural indigo, before weaving the fabric by hand on an 8 shaft Harris loom. The dipped, coloured ends of the thread highlight the weave structure, while negative space is explored by the undyed sections. To finish, the edges are stitched and a wooden dowel added for hanging.
Being handmade, each varies in colour, pattern and form.
This item is part of our New Makers programme. In its fifth year, five makers demonstrating excellence in skill, originality and craftsmanship have been chosen by a TOAST panel. We offer business and marketing advice, as well as a platform to sell their pieces until the end of this year, with full profits being returned to them.
Details
Spot clean if needed. Hemp yarn, natural indigo & cutch dye.
Made in the United Kingdom.
W 30cm X L 40cm.
This item is made entirely by hand, so no two will be the same. There will be small, pleasing imperfections and irregularities in each piece.
Delivery & Returns
Free standard delivery on full price orders over £125.
Standard Delivery: £3.00
Express Delivery: £5.00
Next Working Day Delivery: £7.00
Before 12pm Next Working Day Delivery: £13.00
Free returns (subject to our returns policy).
£3 returns charge on sale-only orders.
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Reviews
Poppy Fuller Abbott
Brighton-based weaver and dyer Poppy Fuller Abbott has a desk piled high with cones of yarn and stacks of fabric. “It can get a little bit chaotic when I'm in the midst of something, but when I'm deeply focused on my work, I don't seem to notice,” she says. “I see it as a beautiful mess; I'm always taking pictures of yarn tangles I’ve swept onto the floor!”