Emma Shepherd

ARTIST’S PROFILE

Working from her studio, weaver Emma Shepherd practices one of the world’s oldest crafts with the sensibility of an artist deeply embedded in her environment. Her work is grounded in material knowledge and quiet experimentation, allowing the inherent qualities of yarn to guide form and composition.

Thinking through fabric, its strength and its structure, Shepherd has acquired an innate understanding of textiles as a universal language, and the long history of weaving as a site of innovation, intuition, and intimacy.

Read about Emma‘s residency project in her own words… 

I hope to spend these two weeks working closely with the landscape, observing its shifting colours, light, and textures. With a focus on local materials and the histories embedded in the region, I’ll gather and test what feels particular to place. Without access to my usual looms, the residency becomes a constraint-led exploration, opening up new ways of making through improvisation and adaptation.