About

Functional textile arts for the curated life.

With the belief that the objects we reach for every day deserve the same attention as the ones we hang on walls. The blanket folded over a chair. The broom lifted from its hook. There is something in these quiet, repeated gestures - something that, when the object is right, asks you to slow down and truly look.

A child needs no invitation to find the extraordinary. It is everywhere - in the puddle, the crumb, the surface catching light. Somewhere along the way most of us stop looking. I make objects for people who want to start again. Things that reintroduce you to the familiar, that restore a sense of curiosity about what is already in your hands, already in your home, already yours.

Art and utility have never felt like separate things in my practice. A broom can carry the same intention as a sculpture. A blanket, the same considered colour as a painting. The hierarchy was never mine to observe.

At the heart of everything is lambswool. Knitted into geometric blankets whose patterns begin on screen and resolve slowly, stitch by stitch, in wool. Or wound around handles in a process entirely my own — rooted in the history of broom-making, but answering to nothing before it. Alongside it, Tampico bristles and cork cord — materials chosen as carefully as the colours they carry. Alluring, compelling, never accidental.

The making is slow. The batches are small. Each piece leaves the studio holding something of the time and thought that went into it.

William Morris asked us to choose things that are useful or beautiful. At Sprig, I only make things that are both.

Sprig Textiles resides in Hampshire, where all designs are conjured — a practice of over ten years, featured in The Observer, Country Living's Modern Rustic, and The Simple Things. Collaborations have included boutique shops across the UK, Hampshire Cultural Trust, and Kettle's Yard. Slow textile workshops run from Hampshire and further afield, as part of retreats.