Welcome to the studio
Charlotte Grierson has been a hand weaver for over 20 years and has been at Cockpit Deptford since 2012.
It's all about making...
Made by R&A Collaborations, this short film below shows the process of setting up the loom to beginning to weave. This is the bit most people don't see but it is just as important as weaving itself.
Collections
Mill Woven Collection
This collection of scarves are designed and sampled by Charlotte in her studio and then woven in collaboration with short run batch production weavers around the UK.
Handwoven Collection
Charlotte's handwoven scarves are all individual one-off scarves. Divided into ranges according to the patterns and the yarns they are woven from, each scarf has a unique colour combination.
Handmade Greetings Cards
Greetings cards are made using pieces of handwoven material either from the ends of warps or from samples woven for trial ideal They can be sold individually or in packes of 4.
Experimental Weaving
This is a detail of an experimental piece woven for Charlotte's MA. It was woven in three layers. The blueish coloured layer is a nylon monofilament or fishing line. The dark threads are a wire and the creamy white ones are a highly twisted silk.
The silk is what is creating the sculptural effect of the cloth. Woven in the middle layer it pulls the others in and causes a bubbling effect.
On the loom it was woven flat, but then when she took it off and washed it, the shrinkage caused 3 dimensional effect she was looking for.
"For me there was the added drama of not knowing exactly how it was going to react until this last stage, but great fun to see it change when I put it into hot water."
Woven Exhibition Pieces
Working experimentally with weaving structures has led to creating 3 dimensional woven artworks which are framed.
These pieces are woven with a mixture of silk, wire, bamboo and paper yarns. Here Charlotte is interested in the textural and sculptural effects created by exploiting the behaviour of the yarns which work either individually against each other or collectively.
Woven Exhibition Pieces
Most recently she has been exploring the theme of patterns and motifs in weaving and how the reading of patterns can be altered by the stripe patterning in the warp and weft. This has led her to create a series of wall pieces that are stretched over canvases or blocks.
Point-Counterpoint III
Woven in silk, linen and paper yarn and stretched over a wooden panel.
30 x 20 x 4cm
Interrupted Repeat I
Woven in silk and wool and stretched over a canvas.
30 x 30 x 4cm
Point-Counterpoint Red I
Woven in silk and wool and stretched over canvas.
20 x 20 x 4cm