Jo’s use of colour and mark making in her abstract tapestries is fascinating – there is always so much to look at in her work! In our Conversation we found out more about how she develops her ideas and translates them into weave, the role that exhibiting has in her practice, and her work alongside other artists. Alongside her own practice, she teaches in the Department of Fashion and Textiles at Glasgow School of Art. Her work features in some prestigious collections and she has received a number of commissions. She has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, recently having work in the Craft Council’s ‘Collect’ Art Fair and also being part of Tapestry: Changing Concepts at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre. Jo Barker produces striking, often richly coloured tapestries, which find their origins in her own explorations in drawing, painting and collage. We talked to Emma Jo about studio life compared to working privately and the interactions between the two, how she develops her own designs, the complexities of weaving portraits and, of course, how she came into tapestry weaving in the first place.Ī recording is available of Emma Jo Webster’s Tapestry: In Conversation – contact Anna for further details. She has also worked with the West Dean tapestry studio, including on some of the tapestries for Stirling Castle. She regularly works to commission, with a recent portrait commission now hanging in the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland headquarters, alongside other presidential portraits.Īs well as her own work, she is one of the team of weavers at Dovecot Studios, having worked on the Chris Ofili tapestry, ‘The Caged Birds Song’, and the recent Leon Kossoff, ‘Minerva Protects Pax from Mars’ commission. Last year she was accepted for the Ruth Borchard self-portrait award shortlist, a biennial art prize, exhibited in Coventry Cathedral during May and June 2021 (image above). She has exhibited widely, including being shortlisted for both the Cordis and the Kate Derum tapestry prizes, on more than one occasion. There is a form on our ‘ contact‘ page if you would like to join our mailing list.Įmma Jo is known for weaving portraits as well as colourful abstract images. We donate 5% of Nearly Wild Weaving Tapestry: In Conversation proceeds to the British Tapestry Group. Tickets now available on Eventbrite – priced £10 (plus Eventbrite fee). We will also find out what their plans for the future are. We will discuss their approaches to exhibiting and collaborating on exhibitions, alongside a look at how best to present and hang work. We will find out what it is about tapestry weaving that appeals to them and what inspires their work. They have also exhibited with four members of Contemporary Tapestry Artists Ireland, under the banner of Interconnections – the most recent being Interconnections 4 shown last year in Ireland and England. As a consequence their exhibitions show differing approaches to tapestry weaving, contrasting in style while still working well together in exhibition. They are all graduates of Edinburgh College of Art, if at slightly different (if overlapping) times, and first met there, but their work has taken them in different directions. They will be preparing to hang their next joint exhibition at Hopetoun House just outside Edinburgh (information below), so join us to hear all about that along with their various other collaborations! Our June Tapestry: In Conversation will be at 7pm on 21st June (note change of date!), and will be with Four Voices – Clare Coyle, Elizabeth Radcliffe, John Brennan and Joan Baxter. Most of our previous Tapestry: In Conversation sessions have been recorded – see below to find out who we have talked to so far! Contact Anna if you would like to purchase access to any of our recordings.įorthcoming Conversations: 21st June – Four Voices John Brennan Clare Coyle – Time Capsule 1 Elizabeth Radcliffe – Bonnie & Beyonce (on the loom) Joan Baxter – Silent Anna and Irene talk to a weaver who is leading the field in the UK and beyond, having an in-depth conversation about their inspirations and their work.
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