Inspired by walks through the fields around West Yorkshire and the changing view of the field directly in front of Area Rugs workshop in Mirfield, this HAY BALE design rug or wall hanging evokes the movement of the ploughed lines of cultivation but using a palette of expressive, counterintuitive custom dyed pure wool colours.

Hand Tufted Wall Hanging Textile Installation In Pioneer Higher Skills Centre in Dewsbury - Kirklees College with Antony Gormley Sculpture

Dewsbury Creative Town and Woven in Kirklees commissioned Andrew Warburton to create a sculptural installation piece of Art, and to deliver participatory workshops showcasing the hand tufting process for the community to make their own complimentary textile piece of Art.

The first instalment of the hand tufted textile commission was revealed on Saturday 5th June 2021 coinciding with World Environment Day. The commission was located in a seated gazebo in Dewsbury’s Market Place. Opposite the installation, in the shop next to the Arcade entrance, there was an exhibition space and workshop area set up so that the general public could have an opportunity to have a go at hand tufting and contribute to a community created hand tufted textile by creating their own tufted lines on a stretched rug canvas on every Saturday in June 2021.

Andrew Warburton interprets the ‘calving’ imagery of colossal icebergs breaking off Antarctica through his textile wall hanging initial concept idea in handtufting.

Andrew Warburton interprets the ‘calving’ imagery of colossal icebergs breaking off Antarctica through his textile sculpture installation.

Hand Tufted cut and loop pile rug commission inspired by ploughed field and the green shoots of a new crop.

A retrospective exhibition of hand tufted rugs and wall hangings by Andrew Warburton at West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, UK

The creative process of how a hand tufted rug is made.