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My solo exhibition ‘TEXTural’ is on until 25 February!Collective Haunt is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 11am - 4pm - we’re at 68 The Parade, Norwood. Just look for the orange building!I’m here every Saturday, so if you are around The Parade, swing by and say hi!Of course, all pieces are for sale, heh heh :)

‘Warp / Weft’ - 2022, hand woven tapestryAll fabric have these two things in common: warp, which are the vertical threads held under tension on the loom, and weft, which are the horizontal threads.In tapestry, the warp is not seen, as the weft threads are packed down very tightly - so in this tapestry, all you are seeing is the weft, although the warp is the ‘backbone’ of the whole piece.With my handwoven scarves, you can see both the warp and the weft, as both create the pattern.So even though tapestry and handweaving have a lot in common, they are...

Yes, here are the details for my solo TEXTural exhibition at Collective Haunt!I'm at the gallery every Saturday, so I will see you there :)

‘Theatre Of The Grotesque No. 2: Borehole’ - hand woven tapestry by Michelle Driver (2019) Trepanning, or trepanation is basically drilling a hole in the skull to relieve pressure. In ancient times, it was also used to let the evil spirits out.Trepanation experienced a resurgence in the 1960s, when a group of people used trepanation as a way to get high and emulate their ‘third eye’ to experience euphoria and enlightenment. Joey Mellen wrote a book called Bore Hole, and he and his partner Amanda Feilding practiced self trepanation - the latter did it for the camera in a short...

I’m nearly there!I brought this loom home so I can work on this tapestry DAY AND NIGHT!Well, maybe not every day, but pretty much every night, haha!Though because I’m using the entire height of this loom, the warp is getting pretty tight … but y’know, if my fingers don’t bleed, I’m not working hard enough *I can’t wait to show you this one - it’s the first time I’ve woven on the side since my very first tapestry in 2012 :O