Deborah Gray

1414

Oban

Website

https://www.deborahgraytextiles.co.uk

deborah.gray7@btinternet.com

Phone

07776 092903

Textile artist and educator based in Oban. Work explores living and non-living, human and non-human elements of landscape. Using hyper-local raw materials to create textile work which resonates with place and time.
Co-Lead of EcoCreative Cluster a project based in Oban which connects practitioners using natural materials especially natural dyes. Centred around the creation of a community dye garden in Oban (now in its 5th year) and a series of on-line conversations with international practitioners (12 recorded conversations available on The Rockfield Centre’s YouTube channel).
Teaches workshops (groups and 1-1) in handspinning, natural dyeing, botanical printing, knitting and stitching in own studio and at venues and textile festivals across Scotland and internationally. Regular guest tutor at Shetland Wool Week, Icelandic Knitting Festival.
Founder of Artspace Oban studios for working artists and makers. Member of Artmap Argyll.