Finalist in the Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020 competition!

For this piece, Fiona worked from her photographs, taken at an orangutan sanctuary in the steamy forests of Malaysian Borneo. With a hands-on approach throughout the creative process, she translated her original drawings into hand-woven tapestry artwork on a jacquard loom in her studio in Cornwall.  In a process akin to painting with yarn, each of the four shuttles she threw for this piece held conscientiously selected natural fibres - linen, bamboo, wool and hemp. Off the loom, the piece was carefully hand-finished to create the texture reminiscent of orangutan fur.

This contemporary artwork measures approximately 49cm wide by 78cm long and can hang from a rod inserted through a tube in the top of the piece.