Holly Berry runs a thoughtful hand-weaving workshop from the bottom of her beautiful garden in South-East London. Producing hand-woven batches in house and small collections with UK mills. Holly produces intuitive and contemporary woven textiles in the form of scarves, blankets and other accessories for the home and body.
Her slowly made woven works make warm and long-lasting companions that support gentle comfort through connection with craft and cloth.
The physical act of hand-weaving acts as a meditative time for processing and connection, hands automatically finding rhythm and balance in an ancient and methodical craft.
“When my hands are busy, my mind can be still - yet deeply connected.”
Weaving is a form of expression and reflection for Holly, who creates patterns and harmonies that tell stories, make connections and find balance. Many of her weaving patterns translate Morse code into the cloth structure, communicating messages of love, comfort and connection. This thoughtful and sentimental practice merges tension with harmony, process with patience, light with shade and warp with weft.
Sustainable design and high quality are at the heart of Holly’s studio practice;
her use of small-scale, local production methods means less waste and more connection with what we make and consume. This is where Holly intuitively finds balance as a hand-weaver and designer-maker.
featured as part of:
Crafts Council
UK Hothouse participant
2010-11
BBC2 Mastercrafts
Episode 6
Weaving 2009
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