In a Spin: Teresa Hastings looks backward to go forward

'Trained as a weaver at London's Central School of Art, alongside winning a Craft's Council award, Teresa Hastings was cherry-picked by Jack Lenor Larsen - literally the god of the weaving world at the time, straight from her degree show. Based at Larsen's W84th Street studio in New York, Hastings worked on colour, dyeing, and hand-weaving sampling on a small table top loom, surrounded by his extradoinarh collection of textiles, and artisanal objects. This experience sparked in Hastings a fascination with historical craft techniques which, alongside Larsen's talent for reaching back into the past for its inspiration, continue to be hugely influential' - Clare Lewis