Beyond the Loom: What Fibre Can Do at PAD London 2026
Maison Parisienne at PAD London 2026 Walk through PAD London 2026 and it becomes clear that fibre has outgrown the loom. Here it hangs in space, rises from the wall in relief or is shaped into the figure of a horse. Peter Collingwood’s Macrogauze Peter Collingwood’s Macrogauze technique, developed in the 1960s, offers an early example of textile as structure. By manipulating warp threads, he created open, three-dimensional forms in which the gaps matter as much as the thread. At Zigzag Modern, two of his wall hangings make the point: a tall, narrow column of repeated forms beside a smaller, compact grid. Against a dark wall, their shadows carry the pattern beyond the weave. Ptolemy Mann’s Yellow Violet Dynamics , at Tristan Hoare Gallery, draws attention back to the surface. Hand-dyed colour and weave merge in a composition closer to abstract painting than conventional textile pattern. Landscape shapes the work of Mallorcan artist Adriana Meunié. Her A Wall of Wildness tap...




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