I came across Laura Thomas whilst looking for inspiration for my own weaving. Her use of colour caught my eye initially as she uses it subtly with graduations and blocks of bold colour. I also like her bold, modern designs which include a range of geometric shapes. However Laura doesn't just weave and leave it at that, she manipulates her weaving after she has taken it off the loom as in her work 'loose threads' in which she captures the essence of the warp alone within an acrylic casing.
Laura studied woven textiles at the 'University of England, The Royal College of Art' and then went on to become one of the founders of the 'Ann Sutton Foundation' (a woven textiles research group).
She mainly uses an AVL 24 shaft loom with a width of 1 metre however some of her samples are created at small mills around the country.
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