about wooltide

My name is Jen and I live with my family and Tess the dog in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. ​
 

I am a self-taught artist, based in Anstruther, Fife, working under the name of wooltide. I handmake all of my work from recycled materials and magazines to create light-hearted, decorative and useful 3D creatures and characters. I use colour, shape and texture with some added humour. 

 

With my 3D textile creatures I aim to capture the essence of each animal, designing animal heads in a simple and humorous style. I also create commissions of pets and people in the same way. 

Recently I began creating little paper mache people from old magazines - Magsies, Zinis, Teeny Weeny Zinis and Zinimations. The words on the paper used to make these human figures are relevant to each character made. The figures are a joyful and thoughtful way of portraying imagined and real people.

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My workshop is full of bright coloured and varied textured preloved clothes and also lots of old magazines. I live at the coast and am even lucky enough to see the sea from my window. The items I create are often useful and practical as well as decorative with a hint of humour thrown into the mix. I often chortle while I make...

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