Tia Ansell featuring in VIVA | The Painter Mapping Handwoven Canvases With Luminous Patterns Inspired By City Lights
Tia Ansell has been enthralled by weaving since she was a child.
But it was a trip to South America — famed for its rich weaving history — that sealed the deal. “When I was 12 we went to Peru. We visited a weaving co-operative in the Andes where Quechua women wove and had workshops — this was my first experience of weaving culture.” But not her last. Weaving is the basis for the 25-year-old’s fine art practice, which sees her handweaving her own surfaces before applying oil paint in restrained shapes that follow the grid-like patterns of the weaving, a process that requires patience and restraint.
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