Join us for this weaving workshop with Thornhill-based tapestry artist Gyllian Thomson. 

This summer Gyllian will lead two workshops at Cample that will take inspiration from Katie Schwab’s artwork small wares & hard wares, which comprises three narrow ribbons that were woven on a 19th century band loom at the Textiel Lab in the Netherlands. The ribbons are each 15-20 metres long and are rich in detail – showing all the faults, breaks and areas of exposed warp alongside delicate areas of pattern.

In this session, we will each make our own narrow weave using yarns on a small wooden frame. Gyllian will talk us through the key basic skills and then you will have the chance to work on your own woven ribbon.

All frames will be warped up ready to weave and all materials will be provided. There will also be a chance to have a close look at small wares & hard wares with Gyllian.

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Gyllian Thomson graduated in 1995 with a First-Class Bachelor of Design in Constructed Textiles with printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. She earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Art and Design from the University of Glasgow in 2001. Having swapped Glasgow for the countryside of Dumfries and Galloway, her studio is attached to her home making her responses to the landscape even more immediate. Gyllian set up her studio four years ago, weaving unique handmade tapestries from her scaffold loom. Sitting at the loom and transitioning her work to tapestry is a slow and quietly joyful process.