Caron Penney, Harmony - handwoven tapestry, 2022

Caron Penney likes to reveal the significance of tapestry, so often
it is described as life’s rich fabric. Capturing the harmony of a day
or the dissonance of a sudden and disarming event which changes futures
dreamt. She uses the softness and practicality of wool in contrast to
the wealth and harshness of gilt gold threads. Juxtaposing metaphors are
layered within the material of Penney’s woven fibres. Focussing on the
migration of a day, a city, the sun or the moon. Penney seeks balance
and order in beautiful combinations of gentle grey tones combined
revealing the natural grid of this woven art form. Take a moment in
time, and repeat it, and a whole life is mapped out - a whole world is
revealed, a whole future exposed. Life is a repeating rhythm, a
continual beat of the drum, forever moving, never permanent,
interwoven.

Enthralled by this woven art form,
whom she has worked with like a friend or mentor for over thirty years,
it forms a protective barrier around her. Tapestry weaving is an
ancient weaving technique formed millennia ago, which is created by
manipulating warp and weft in sequence. To weave is to breathe, to be
calm and to relinquish her anxiety, fear, fun, love, humour within the
body of the fabric. For tapestry is rich in knowledge and power, as it
has been throughout history.

Caron Penney

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