Annabel Wilson: creative artist
Hangings 40 cm wide and 135cm tall on cotton calico or linen. £150 for calico, £170 for linen.
This has been dyed in indigo, and Indian red, ochre and pink clays. The design is created by simple single stitching for the seed head and double stitching for the stem. Assorted buttons, including mother of pearl, bone and glass, have been used on the various colour panels giving different effects.
A hanging 40cm wide x 135cm tall on cotton calico. £150.
The example here is in ochre. This design can be made in yellow or green as well. The head and the leaves are made by the technique of capping. The head of the dandelion has been sewn with over 30 small vintage mother of pearl shank buttons.
A hanging 40cm wide x 140cm tall on mercerised cotton. £150
Dyed with indigo. The stem is made by double stitching and the fronds by capping. Inspired by the harts tongue fern as it slowly unfurls in the spring.
Hangings 40 cm wide and 135cm tall on cotton calico or linen. £150 for calico, £170 for linen.
This has been dyed in indigo, and Indian red, ochre and pink clays. The design is created by simple single stitching for the seed head and double stitching for the stem. Assorted buttons, including mother of pearl, bone and glass, have been used on the various colour panels giving different effects.
Hangings 40 cm wide and 135cm tall on cotton calico or linen. £150 for calico, £170 for linen.
This has been dyed in indigo, and Indian red, ochre and pink clays. The design is created by simple single stitching for the seed head and double stitching for the stem. Assorted buttons, including mother of pearl, bone and glass, have been used on the various colour panels giving different effects.
A hanging 40cm wide x 135cm tall on cotton calico. £150
This hanging is in Indian red. This dye is a clay and pigment mixture and needs to be considered as an artwork only. This design can be made in any of the colours. Inspired by the idea of the seed head at the point of bursting and sending its seeds out into the world. Decorated with a mixture of vintage mother of pearl and horn buttons.
A hanging 40cm wide x 135cm tall on cotton calico. £150
This hanging is in ochre. Created by stitching and tying sunflower seeds into the fabric. Inspired by various grasses and wild plants. Decorated with vintage mother of pearl buttons and two large1950s buttons at the bottom of the hanging.
A hanging 40cm wide x 135cm tall on cotton calico. £150
Dyed with indigo. This design works best in indigo because of the way the indigo seeps into the fabric. The teasel head is created by many close rows of stitching. Then they are gathered up and just the edges of the fabric absorb the dye. The sun motif is created by capping.
A 220cm x 60 cm panel made to form part of a curtain.
Dyed with indigo on fine cotton with single and double stitching and beads tied in to create seed details.
A 220cm x 60 cm panel made to form part of a curtain. Dyed with indigo on fine cotton with single and double stitching and beads tied in to create seed details.
Indigo dyed calico triptych. £600
The 3 panels create a hanging 111 cm wide and 210 cm long. Fixing by Velcro and batten. From sketches and drawings made while walking in the landscape the mokume shibori and other traditional techniques are used to translate these drawn marks to the cloth. Once it is stitched and the stitching pulled up the cloth is dipped in indigo. The strength of blue depends on the number of times it is dipped.
Indigo dyed calico triptych. £600
The 3 panels create a hanging 111 cm wide and 210 cm long. Fixing by Velcro and batten. From sketches and drawings made while walking in the landscape the mokume shibori and other traditional techniques are used to translate these drawn marks to the cloth. Once it is stitched and the stitching pulled up the cloth is dipped in indigo. The strength of blue depends on the number of times it is dipped.
Indigo dyed calico triptych. £250
The 3 panels create a hanging 140 cm wide and 60 cm long. Fixing by Velcro and batten. From sketches and drawings made while walking in the landscape traditional shibori techniques are used to translate these drawn marks to the cloth. Once it is stitched and the stitching pulled up the cloth is dipped in indigo. The strength of blue depends on the number of times it is dipped.
Indigo dyed calico hanging. £250
The 3 panels create a hanging 140 cm wide and 60 cm long. Fixing by Velcro and batten. The design is created by simple single stitching for the seed head and double stitching for the stem.
Pink and yellow clay and indigo dyed calico hanging. £600
The 3 panels together measure 158cm wide by 230 cm long. Fixing by woven tapes to dowel. The designs are a dandelion on yellow dyed calico, over dyed with pink clay, a carrot flower on pink clay dyed calico and an allium seed head on yellow dyed calico over dyed with indigo. All embellished with vintage buttons.
3 indigo dyed panels on a window, fern, tall grass seed head and carrot flower designs. The fabric panels creating a focus to the landing.and softly filtering the light
All the hangings shown are fixed to softwood dowels by cream tape loops, or sometimes dyed to match the hanging. They can be hung up by fixing a couple of plain or decorative hooks to the wall where the hanging is intended to be. There are many designs available at ironmongers and DIY superstores. The hangings can also be designed to be invisibly fixed by Velcro to a concealed batten, so no dowel is visible. The method of fixing needs to be decided before the hanging is made and finished.
Textiles
Annabel stitches and gathers the fabric to create her patterns. Binding and capping are also used sometimes to create the small and large circle motifs. Traditionally the shibori worked fabrics would be dyed with indigo because indigo seeps into the fabric during the process producing subtle and unexpected results. Annabel also uses clay to dye fabric because it is a very environmentally friendly technique and results in the soft earth colours that are her trademark.
Designs are available in indigo blue, ochre, pink, yellow and pale green.
Specific motifs and designs in the different colourways are available. Hand-made and finished, each panel is individual and unique. Commissions for site-specific hangings, curtains and panels are most welcome.
fabric hangings
Annabel Wilson’s textiles are made from cotton and linen fabrics, patterned and dyed using traditional methods. Most of her hangings, curtains and panels are decorated using shibori techniques, plus simple block printing and then dyed with indigo and earth colours. The finishing is all done by hand and they are then often embellished with antique or hand made buttons.
Shibori is the Japanese term for shaping, stitching, binding and folding fabrics before dyeing. Other cultures have used this way of decorating textiles but the Japanese developed it to a high art with many inventive ways of manipulating the fabric.
