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Hollie Ward Archthine Handwoven Shetland Wool Check Blanket

Name: Archthine Handwoven Shetland Wool Check Blanket
SKU: 2219605005
Price: 1100.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£1,100

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Archthine Handwoven Shetland Wool Check Blanket

Yellow

Haleen Handwoven Shetland Wool Check Blanket

Brown

While on a residency in Iceland, Hollie Ward worked solely with local materials – an experience that’s coloured her creations ever since. Her creative process follows an almost ‘winging-it’ approach, choosing fabrics that speak to her before trusting her natural instinct and weaving free-hand. Such a lovely story materialises in truly unique pieces like the Shetland wool Archthine blanket, handwoven and hand-sewn in her South London studio.

Material: wool
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Dimensions: 230 cm (l) x 130 cm (w) / 89.8" (l) x 50.8" (w)
Colour: yellow and grey

From her studio in Deptford, London, Hollie Ward weaves beautiful, functional textiles by hand, using colour, texture and fabric to speak to memory, time or place. While her first experience was with a tabletop loom at art school, the moment that truly piqued her interest was when she grasped the basics and taught herself how to weave a double cloth. She's inspired by personal experiences, matching her materials to local yarns that would otherwise go to waste. For example, while at a weaving residency in rural Iceland, she savoured the harsh weather by sourcing Icelandic wool and honing local techniques. Her process is meditative, finding joy in freedom and spontaneity rather than rigid, overwrought rules.