I See, I Know

2024
Hand spun ntural hemp, hand spun & naturally dyed Afghan wool
300 x 300 cm | 118 x 118 in.

Teresa Hastings worked for Jack Lenor Larsen in New York as a weaver and colourist before becoming an interior designer. In 2017, her focus returned to textiles and natural dyeing. She has since spent significant time in the Indian Himalayas, initiating Studio Kashi in 2019 and now splits her time between her studios in London and India. Teresa is a recipient of the scholarship for woven textiles from The Crafts Council, UK, and in 2015, won both the Heritage Building and Environment Award and the Retail Design Award of the Year at the NAS Design Partnership Awards in London, UK. Her work was a central feature of the Gallery’s booths for international art fairs FOG San Francisco 2023 and PAD London 2023.

Teresa aims to continue developing her textile work with minimal impact on the climate, acknowledging how her practice is bound by specific weather systems, mindful of the rising temperatures and increasing floods due to climate change. Her sculptural textiles are borne out of an architectural approach to fibre and material; structurally complex and formed through multiple components, her tapestries and rugs are created through a rigorous repetition of technique and at the same time, an exploration of the capacities of material. Her richly tactile works are made using fibres ranging from wool and washi paper to soft iron wire and are naturally hand-dyed including Myrobalan plum, black tea, roots, flames of the forest flowers, cutch and Eupatorium leaves.