Laura Rosenzweig

Laura designs and weaves scarves and throws, playing with colours and textures inspired by her Yorkshire Dales home and travels abroad. Her creative spirit is nurtured by special places - the wild and windy crystal-clear shores of Papay, one of Orkney’s northernmost isles; the deep contemplative silence of the red sandstone Navajo Canyon de Chelly; the sometimes foggy, sometimes piercingly blue skies of Block Island.

"I find enormous pleasure in the woody crinkled detail of tree bark, the solidity and bold forms of drystone walls, the myriad of colours on a pebble beach. My work is increasingly a reflection of the things I have seen and the places I have been lucky enough to visit for long enough to find a special magic in them." Laura Rosenzweig

Laura places a lot of emphasis on creating fabrics which suit their purpose and designs which are striking and stand out in a crowd. She weaves scarves which are soft and warm for winter, or light and airy for summer nights. Her throws are distinctive, one-off and unrepeatable, incorporating a wide range of yarns and unexpected colours. Occasionally she works to commission to create something totally different, such as woven paper panels to decorate a set of wardrobe doors.

Laura runs regular weaving courses at Farfield Mill - for more info, please visit www.laurasloom.co.uk.