Renowned British textile artist Margo Selby discovered her passion for weaving at Chelsea College of Art and spent 18 months at the Ann Sutton Foundation from 2001. She worked on projects as part of the studio whilst also developing her own practice. Characterised by its geometric construction in colours, her work sits in the intersection of art, craft and design. Margo’s approach is experimental – she tries to innovate with a combination of yarn, colour and structure to make fabrics which have never been made before. She presents these as contemporary artwork – yet uses traditional techniques and looms which have been around for hundreds of years. "I create artworks that explore repetition and transition, symmetry and asymmetry, the dynamic and the stable," says Margo. Colour is the driving force behind her work. “That and the chiaroscuro, light and dark, and the contrast between colours,” she explains.
Margo Selby