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Hannah Waldron

  • Weaver
  • Constantine, United Kingdom
  • Rising Star
Hannah Waldron Weaver
©Hannah Waldron

Textile tales

  • • Hannah is a trained illustrator
  • • She describes herself as a textile storyteller
  • • Respect for Japanese craft traditions influences her making

After graduating and freelancing as an illustrator and art director, Hannah Waldron fell in love with the woven work of Anni Albers and Gunta Stölzl at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin. Inspired, she experimented with weaving on a small loom and completed a MFA in Textiles at Konstfack in Stockholm. Ever since, fascinated by the possibilities of weaving, Hannah has specialised in telling stories through her textiles: “I don’t think one lifetime is enough to fully realise all the incredible techniques that the craft of weaving offers.” Working from her studio in Cornwall with a beautiful garden and café, she intuitively combines different natural and naturally dyed fibres like wool, silk and linen in a sustainable way.

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Works

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Photo: ©Hannah Waldron
Four Worlds

A series of four weavings, woven by Hannah Waldron using tapestry and pattern techniques. Each weaving is based on a different myth where a female weaver is a central character, in colours ranging from a bright yellow to a deep indigo. They are made out of silk, cotton, linen, wood, indigo, madder and plywood.

Length 80 cm
Height 100 cm

Photo: ©Hannah Waldron
Triennale

Hannah Waldron made these three woven wall hangings using a tapestry technique. The designs combine architectural forms with geometric shapes in a bright colour scheme. They are made out of cotton, wool, silk and linen.

Length 34 cm
Height 240 cm
Length 38 cm
Height 220 cm
Length 42 cm
Height 200 cm

Photo: ©Hannah Waldron
Osaka Spans

These pieces are a series of five woven wall hangings made using a tapestry technique by Hannah Waldron. The designs consist of repetitive and expanding forms in a palette of light blues and pinks. The wall hangings are made out of cotton, linen, bamboo, indigo, woad, madder and plywood.

Length 200 cm
Width 5 cm
Height 120 cm

Photo: ©Hannah Waldron
Sisters

A woven wall hanging, made using a tapestry technique, the design combines architectural forms in a bright colour scheme. Hanna Waldron uses many materials from cotton to wool, silk, linen, bamboo, indigo and woad.

Length 204 cm
Height 62 cm

Photo: ©Hannah Waldron
Sun Screen

This large woven hanging by Hannah Waldron is made using a tapestry technique. The design depicts a sun with a harlequin pattern within the central circle, it is made out of cotton, linen, wool and woad. The yellow and white beautifully stand out on the blue background.

Length 200 cm
Height 210 cm

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