Louise Morris
I prefer to escape the tyranny of the rectangle and to take tapestry off the wall.
Sometimes I don’t.
Tapestry weaving is a very slow art in a world that wants to rush; willful construction in protest against chaos; loving attention in place of endless distraction.
I am drawn to standing stones and ‘thin places’; places of human connection and interaction transcending current belief systems and creeds.
I gained a BA in Mixed Media Textile Design from De Montford University in 2009, and an MFA in Tapestry and Textile Art at West Dean College / University of Sussex in 2011, winning the Valerie Power Prize. I have enjoyed residencies in a library, a clock museum, and two cathedrals.
My research interests sit at the intersection of grief, art, and landscape; I am happy to talk for hours on the subject.
