AN OSWESTRY weaver is set to return to an iconic venue in Anglesey for a one-woman tapestry show this month.
Ros Hornbuckle will display her work over the winter at Oriel Môn in Llangefni in Anglesey and will be displaying more than 40 inspirational works.
She is considered to be a ‘highly talented tapestry weaver’ and her return comes after a highly-successful exhibition “Weaving the Coast” in 2019.
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Ros, who has been weaving rugs and tapestries for more than 40 years, is now concentrating on her emotional connection with landscape and with tales that arouse strong feelings in her to help her inspire her work.
“My tapestries use hand-spun wool, with colours that I mix like paint before or during spinning,” said Ros, who explores themes using colour, line, and texture.
“The vibrant colours and textures produce an immediate impact on the viewer.
“I experience weaving as a form of meditation, as each work can take two to three months.”
'Water's Edge', an exhibition of woven tapestries, is about rocks, water, and sky.
It explores the textures, colours and light found at the edge of water – mountains, sunsets, water splashing over rocks and into pools, and reflections.
Ros said that she has been inspired by water and its relationship with light, and says she has tried to bring that into her tapestry work.
She added: "The water's edge is the area that most fascinates me as a weaver and challenges me to capture the ever-changing movement of water and light, and colours altered by time of day and weather, but also the permanence of rock and mountain.”
The slow process of tapestry weaving, together with dyeing and spinning the wool, means that each image is invested with love for the landscape of Wales.
For more about her work, you can access Ros’s website at www.roshornbuckle.wordpress.com
The website is a way of discovering more information on techniques and a gallery of her work.
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The exhibition runs from Tuesday, October 17, 2023 to Sunday, February 25, 2024.
Oriel Môn is open and welcomes all visitors from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am-5pm.
Admission is free.
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