Author: Jennifer Woolnough

Textile Artist
Posted by Jennifer Woolnough on in Tapestries

Seahenge
Image of tapestry seahenge

Seahenge is a representation of the Bronze Age timber enclosure revealed in 1998 at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.  The timber circle comprises of 55 split oak posts with an upturned stump at the centre.  Originally the structure would have been built on salt marsh away from the sea. 

Seahenge will be exhibited during 2025 – 2026as part of the British Tapestry Group 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Picking up the Thread: The Past, Present and Future of Tapestry

16 August – 4 October 2025 – Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries
20 October – 14 February 2026 – Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
2-18 March 2026 – Market Hall, Devonport, Plymouth
13-25 July 2026 – Morley Gallery, London

Formally exhibited as part of the ‘Fenlands’ exhibition held at the Courtyard Gallery, Hertford from 4th – 29th March 2025.

Posted by Jennifer Woolnough on in Recent Posts, Recent Posts

Weaving Lowestoft

Lowestoft features in an exhibition of contemporary woven tapestries – ‘Window on Weaving’ Haselmere Educational Museum, 15th April – 2nd May 2020.

Part of the fishing boat pulled ashore (right – just in view) and the sea
Yarns and colours
Broad strokes – the focus
First plan
Umpteenth plan
With colour
Decisions square or long?
Decisions square or long?
Weaving detail
Weaving detail
The back
Lowestoft finished

I have not been putting up images of my work after seeing this in a well known design store. I did not do anything about it at the time but so wish I had. Please note my intellectual property rights and copyright for all my work on this website.

Posted by Jennifer Woolnough on in Recent Posts, Tapestry Showcase 2019

Cordis Tapestry Prizes – Tapestry Showcase 2019

I am delighted to announce that my tapestry ‘Surface Tension‘ has been selected for the 2019/20 Cordis – Tapestry Showcase.

The showcase is held each year in The Scottish Cafe and Restaurant at the National Galleries of Scotland and will open on 27th November and run until mid January. 

The object of the showcase is to encourage amateur and emerging weavers, and to celebrate and sell their work in a venue of national prestige.

This is what the judges said:

‘We were delighted to receive a huge number of submissions this year and were hugely impressed by the quality. Less than a quarter of the submitted works made it to the final exhibition, and the works that were selected represent what we feel is a diverse cross section of talent in the amateur weaving community, by budding artists at the earliest stages in their careers.’

Surface Tension Oct 2017 – Apr 2018

For more information and to view the range of tapestries on exhibition visit: