Verdure Hanger (2026)

Verdure Hanger (2026) is a series of contemporary woven tapestry works inspired by the chalk woodland slopes — known as hangers — of West Sussex.

The series will be presented with Cavaliero Finn at Collect at Somerset House, London, 26th February — 1st March 2026.

Landscape and Origin

In the West Sussex landscape, a hanger is woodland clinging to the steep north-facing side of a chalk slope, often formed of beech trees rooted in thin soil. Thermals rise through these slopes; moisture gathers and lingers; light is filtered and diffused rather than declared. The hanger becomes less a viewpoint and more a membrane — a place where movement is slow and felt more than seen.

Even in high summer, verdure persists as chalk dries in the heat. Across seasons the atmosphere shifts: light angles change, thermals rise, and winter and summer alike carry the slow gravity of mist. The terrain is defined by subtle climatic changes — air, temperature, moisture — and it is this quiet instability that informs the work.

Process and Material

These woven textile works grow directly from walking and sitting within this landscape. Each tapestry begins as a continuation of the last — holding the memory of an unrecorded green yarn, a diagonal interruption, or an unnamed cotton warp that arrived with the loom and became the silent ground of the composition.

Working at the loom becomes a form of ascent. Moving left to right, bottom to top, I climb and return repeatedly. The warp face becomes a slope; the woven structure echoes the physical act of traversing the hanger. The process is slow and meditative, bound to season and sustained attention. Each thread holds traces of time and place.

Tapestry materials: wool and cotton.
All dimensions include the frame.
Frames: painted wood, Artglass, acid-free mount board.