"My use of circles in my work came about when I was seconded to teacher's College. Wanting to teach the students a simple method of teaching weaving to children, I hit on the idea of useing circles of cardboard with the yarn stretched across through notches cut in the outside edge. This started me off in my own off-loom style of work. Unlike a painter who can work on a large piece of canvas, I was restricted to an area which I could reach with the length of an arm as the work is stitched onto plywood." - Vivienne Mountfort. More about circular works

Vivienne Mountfort working on 'Harmony and Co-existence II', 1996.

As a subject of early works native New Zealand bush was a natural development of using wool coloured with dyes made from native New Zealand plants. The off-loom technique is like needle weaving, affording flexibility in the way you put on the warp and weave the weft. Ideal for portraying the New Zealand bush, which has so many colours, textures and types of tree. Over the years I have produced hundreds of works which are distributed all over the world:
Great Britain, Europe, Switzerland, U.S.A., Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and many throughout New Zealand. There are pieces in three New Zealand Embassies - Hong Kong, Santiago, and Kuala Lumpar.		Title Forest Sentinel 1996 Materials Hand spun New Zealand wool on board Size 1019mm diameter x 10mm depth This work was inspired by an old kauri giant growing in the Waipoua kauri forest. It is woven on a ply wooden disc in handspun New Zealand wool. This is a technique I have used for many years.. Available in a range of sizes up to a meter. Price on application

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