Moorland
Moorland Landscape
by Laura Winser, textile artist and tutor.
Textile Art. Frame measures 20cmx20cm.
Available as a greetings card here.Description
Inspired by her heritage, Laura created this Moorland landscape. Featuring mixed textiles including cotton, velvet and tweed in shades of copper, hazel and nut-brown. It is created using free-motion embroidery as well as hand embroidery techniques. The textiles texture and colour was chosen as it is inspired from the sun setting on the Gearrannan blackhouses and surrounding moorland. Frame measures 25cmx25cm.
BIOGRAPHY
Laura Winser is a textile artist and tutor from the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles, Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She is also an cardiac intensive care nurse and since 2015, she has lived in Kingsbridge with her husband and now with two young children. Laura designs from the Garden Mill Studio in Kingsbridge where she produces work in a variety of media, primarily textiles which she sells in outlets across the South Hams and Western Isles and through her own exhibitions and events.
She uses her creativity to find mindful ways to manage her well-being after being diagnosed with a progressive hearing loss disorder which also results in balance issues and variable tinnitus. Laura also set up Kingsbridge Crafters after finding a need in her local community for a group that promotes wellbeing through creativity, community and skill-sharing. This group also collaborates with other local groups and initiatives.
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