Teresa Hastings
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Teresa Hastings studied textiles at Central Saint Martins, and after graduating worked for Jack Lenor Larsen in New York as a weaver and colourist before becoming an interior designer. Her practice developed a focus of architectural design and crafted product. Through close collaboration with a large team of makers she developed a collection of hand-cast ironmongery, hand-knotted rugs, fabricated metalwork and fumed-Oak furniture. In 2017 her focus returned to textiles and natural dyeing and to this end she has spent increasing time in the Indian Himalayas and now splits her time between her studios in London and India. Her aim is to continue to develop her artistic practice with a zero impact on animal or nature, whilst working with traditional local artisans and supporting the use of local materials, be she in England or India. Teresa is a recipiant of the scholarship for woven textiles from The Crafts Council and in 2015 won both the Heritage Building and Environment Award and Retail Design Award of the Year at the NAS Design partnership awards in London. Her work was a central feature at our booth for the international art fair FOG 2023.Teresa's textile practice is rooted in a philosophy which prioritises the honesty of construction. Through her craft she explores the possibilities of human connection in a divisive world and her work is a response in part to the history and development of sustainable non-generic design in opposition to technology-led production. Her richly tactile tapestries are made using fibres ranging from wool and washi paper to puddled iron, and are hand-dyed using natural materials including Myrobalan plum, lichen and sweet chestnuts.
“The story of the Myrobalan plum is central to my enquiry. I use the dye extensively. The plum dried in the sun and ground with a stone will, when boiled in water, achieve the vibrant green and yellows you see in my textiles. That same plum when left to soak in a rusty iron tin, with strips of old metal, wire, nails and fixings becomes dark and murky. When boiled in an iron pot with yarn, the blackened water will achieve greys through to black...
The scope of my Himalayan textile practice has widened through this exploration of the effect of sun, fire and water, as well as the contrast between a simple plum affiliated with timber and one transformed by an association with metal. This narrative has led from the utilitarian and decorative to abstract textile installations, that explore materiality, function, fire and water." -
Works
Teresa Hastings
Memories, 2026Himalayan wool, felted and tie-dyed wool and washi paper and hemp raffia180 H x 75 W cm
71 x 29 1/2 in1of 7Exhibitions-
Thread
Group Exhibition 28 Mar - 16 May 2026Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
Maastricht, NL 14 - 19 Mar 2026Read more -
Together
Group Exhibition 11 Dec 2025 - 7 Feb 2026Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 23 - 26 Jan 2025Read more
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PAD London
London, UK 8 - 13 Oct 2024Read more -
PAD London
Art Fair 10 - 15 Oct 2023At PAD London we will showcase ‘Chamber’, a global survey of material-led, specialist endemic design. Chamber speaks to the abundance of the earth from which our artist-designer-makers sustainably source and...Read more -
Bijou Collection
Group Exhibition 18 - 20 May 2023We are thrilled to announce the gallery’s first time participating at Eye of The Collector, a very singular fair, where we will debut our Bijou Collection - just nine stunning...Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 19 - 22 Jan 2023The Natural Room collection is an approach to living through design that respectfully connects us to the natural world. It aims to create interiors that are of our moment –...Read more
