Kate Gabb - Silver Fleece
Wool, metallic thread and acrylic on tapestry canvas, 39 x 50 x 3 cm, 2025
In her current art practice, Kate focuses on working with materials derived from natural sources, including wool tapestry, grasses, and ceramics. Her work explores the stitch as a metaphor for healing, repair, and care while acknowledging the scars left behind by wounds and past trauma. This ongoing exploration reflects her deep engagement with materiality and process.
These concepts extend from her interest in ethical sustainability and advocacy for environmental repair. She continues to investigate how art-making and artistic practice can inform, challenge, and expand her understanding of the world.
For Counter Encounter, her works incorporate repurposed tapestries that envision imagined future landscapes. The integration of reclaimed materials is central to her practice, reinforcing themes of sustainability and transformation.
Wool, metallic thread and acrylic on tapestry canvas, 39 x 50 x 3 cm, 2025
In her current art practice, Kate focuses on working with materials derived from natural sources, including wool tapestry, grasses, and ceramics. Her work explores the stitch as a metaphor for healing, repair, and care while acknowledging the scars left behind by wounds and past trauma. This ongoing exploration reflects her deep engagement with materiality and process.
These concepts extend from her interest in ethical sustainability and advocacy for environmental repair. She continues to investigate how art-making and artistic practice can inform, challenge, and expand her understanding of the world.
For Counter Encounter, her works incorporate repurposed tapestries that envision imagined future landscapes. The integration of reclaimed materials is central to her practice, reinforcing themes of sustainability and transformation.
Wool, metallic thread and acrylic on tapestry canvas, 39 x 50 x 3 cm, 2025
In her current art practice, Kate focuses on working with materials derived from natural sources, including wool tapestry, grasses, and ceramics. Her work explores the stitch as a metaphor for healing, repair, and care while acknowledging the scars left behind by wounds and past trauma. This ongoing exploration reflects her deep engagement with materiality and process.
These concepts extend from her interest in ethical sustainability and advocacy for environmental repair. She continues to investigate how art-making and artistic practice can inform, challenge, and expand her understanding of the world.
For Counter Encounter, her works incorporate repurposed tapestries that envision imagined future landscapes. The integration of reclaimed materials is central to her practice, reinforcing themes of sustainability and transformation.