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LAURA THOMAS

woven Textile Artist & Designer
Artist Tecstilau / Dylunydd

Mandy Nash
photo credit: Mohamed Hassan
Laura Thomas is an award-winning woven textile artist and designer producing striking artworks for the contemporary interior. Educated at Birmingham City University, The Royal College of Art and ASF-Weave, Laura established her studio practice in 2003. Laura divides her time between public art projects, design consultancy, curation, education and making work to exhibit in selected galleries.

Inventive textile constructions or seemingly loose threads are carefully encapsulated in acrylic resin to create sculptural freestanding artworks and wall mounted panels where the interplay of light and shadow can be appreciated to full effect. The resin encapsulation makes the colour of the yarns more vivid and the seemingly free-flowing threads undulate to create movement. Rooted in craft practice, the juxtaposition of the fine cloth and the hard-edged acrylic, results in totally unexpected ‘textile’ artworks. Each piece is completely unique.

Examples of Laura’s artworks can be found in the permanent collections of The Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Wool Museum, Crafts Study Centre and The Powerhouse Museum in Australia.
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Mae Laura Thomas yn artist tecstilau a gwehyddu llwyddiannus ac yn ddylunydd sy'n cynhyrchu gweithiau celf drawiadol ar gyfer addurno ystafelloedd. Wedi'i haddysgu ym Mhrifysgol Dinas Birmingham, Y Coleg Celf Frenhinol ac ASF-Weave, mae Laura wedi bod yn gweithio yng Nghaerdydd ers 2003 yn gwerthu gwaith mewn orielau a siopau o’i dewis.

Mae edafedd sidan, cotwm a lurex yn cael eu dal yn ofalus mewn resin acrylig i greu gweithiau celf gerfluniol sy'n sefyll ar eu pennau eu hunain a phaneli wedi'u gosod ar waliau lle gellir gwerthfawrogi'r cydadwaith o olau a chysgod yn effeithiol. Mae dal yr edafedd mewn resin yn gwneud lliw'r edafedd yn fwy bywiog ac mae'r edafedd sy'n llifo'n rhydd yn ymdonni i greu symudiad. Wedi'i wreiddio mewn ymarfer crefft, mae cyfosodiad y brethyn mân a'r acrylig ymyl caled, yn arwain at waith celf ‘tecstilau 'hollol annisgwyl. Mae pob darn yn hollol unigryw.

Mae enghreifftiau o waith celf Laura ar gael yn y V&A, Amgueddfa Wlân Cymru a'r Ganolfan Astudio Crefftau.

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Woven Entrapment - Laura Thomas from R&A Collaborations on Vimeo.

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