Five Minutes with a Friend: Hâf Weighton

We spoke to Hâf Weighton about her inspirations and creative practice, in a Five Minutes with a Friend interview:

Hâf Weighton

Portrait of Hâf Weighton

Hâf, what is your earliest memory of a textile?

My Mum is a retired teacher and my Dad was a University lecturer, so we had long Summer holidays. In school holidays we would spend weeks in France. I remember visiting the Bayeux tapestry when I was about 9, and marvelling at the scale of the work. In 2018 I had the opportunity to exhibit work at The Saatchi Gallery in London. Suddenly my work felt small compared to the momentous scale of the works at The Saatchi Gallery, and I vowed to work bigger in the future. I have always like the idea of creating embroidery on a large scale and this is something I have achieved in my up and coming show, Stryd Fawr/ High street at Ruthin Craft Centre opening on 24 January...

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Image Credits:

Lead: Pontcanna I (Detail), by Hâf Weighton. Photographer: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd.

All further images credited to the artist, Haf Weighton.