CQ West: Unfolding Stories 4

WENDY WELLER
www.cqwest.uk
I have always been interested in textiles in various
forms, which over the years has developed more
into quilting, initially traditional but now into more
contemporary stitching.
Living in Wiltshire, taking landscape photographs
and volunteering at the local archaeological
museum has caused the nearby landscape and the
artefacts buried within it to have a great influence
on my work. I use both commercial and hand-dyed
fabric and now I am also eco printing with leaves
and natural plant dyes.
Working with textiles I am conscious of the fragility of
fabrics compared to the durability of metal, pottery,
flints etc. Traces of fabric are rarely found so I have
been conducting experiments to compare the rates
of decay of fabric between the various elements of
air, water and the earth.