Textile Artwork: Traces of Brinkburn

The artwork acts as an intervention within two alcoves in the main corridor of Brinkburn Manor. The two woven pieces were crafted as a response to the traces, layers and architectural rhythms left visible at Brinkburn Priory and Manor House. The colours selected for the artwork are inspired by the textures, flora, fauna and heritage of Brinkburn itself and by colours used by the artist William Turner in his depictions of the Northern region. The constraints of both the frame and the wrapping methodology result in an abstracted geometry, which invite the viewer to consider the material and its journey around the frame as a narrative itself. The artworks aspire to celebrate the palette of materials at Brinkburn and encourage the viewer to further study these traces and the important story they tell of both the history of the buildings and of Brinkburn valley itself.