Laura Thomas

Last night I went to a talk by locally born, Cardiff based weaver Laura Thomas which was organised by the Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers that I am a member of. It was the precursor to a workshop that Laura is facilitating today called 'White on White Weaving'.
Now, I am no weaver - it is too mathematical and time consuming for me, but I am always fascinated to hear about the work and creative processes of any artist and Laura's story was a very interesting one. Laura is pushing boundaries all the time and experimentng with weave structures again and again, always looking for another way to do something. Her latest work has been to encapsulate her weaving within clear acrylic blocks and move her weaving towards 3D. Now she is taking the acrylic theme further by enclosing intricate laser cut leather and thread structures in the blocks. She acknowledges that selling textiles is hard work so she is striving to find another way to make people see the potential. I hope she succeeds. More of her work can be seen here.