Through September and October you will be about to view a selection of artefacts related to my Tasseography Textile Design Process - illuminating the tea leaf reading process, the Tea leaf dictionary, sketchbooks, design outputs (collages and digital designs), alongside small samples of tapestry weaving.

Talk and Q&A date to be confirmed.

Field Systen are delighted to announce Brighen Ye Corners! A pop up Exhibition at their new Gallery and shop featuring the work of myself alongside super artists @benjaminrisk @daebeechartist @robmannersstudio @sarahjhoskins @janecabreraart @willcruickshank

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Dive into the captivating world of textile art with internationally renowned artist, designer, and textile lecturer, Becky Dodman Wainwright – where she explores traditional textile crafts to produce art collections focusing specifically on large scale tapestry weavings.

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Her current work Tasseography Textiles aims to poke fun at the mundanity of tea in our everyday rituals, and how we use tea as a sensory activity to bring ourselves together to talk, share experiences and plan for the future. Becky has created a generative participatory design approach that works with people to explore their own internal landscapes, and otherness as an abstract exploration of self. The participatory process creates design plans for textile art works.

In this unique workshop where tradition meets innovation Becky will introduce you to a small loom, working out dents per inch, warping the simple loom, creating a header and the fundamentals of weaving. Following this, Becky will take you through colour planning, colour proportions and theory using a simple card and weave technique, and how to weave with colour. Over tea, she will introduce you to her unorthodox approach to design and you will drink tea, look for signs, symbols and shapes in the tea and collage from these sources of inspiration. This collage will become your design plan for your tapestry, and we will work on with in for the three weeks. By the end, you'll have your very own tapestry masterpiece, shaped by ancient crafts and modern inspiration.

Don't miss this opportunity to weave stories with threads and tea – a journey into creativity and self-expression.

Secure your spot now!

Dates and time:

Saturday 7h October 10.30am - 3.00pm

Sunday 15th October 10.30am - 3.00pm

Saturday 21st October 10.30am - 3.00pm

Cost: £95 for 3 sessions (all materials are included).

Deposit: There will be £30 refundable loom deposit in cash required on the first day.

Becky Dodman-Wainwright’s recent venture ‘Tasseography Textiles’ offers a whimsical take on the everyday ritual of tea consumption and its profound role in fostering connections, conversations, and future planning.

Through this innovative project, Becky employs the ancient art of tea leaf readings to transform the act of sipping tea into a unique exploration of spirit, form, and colour, engaging both designers and non-designers alike.

Within this participatory design approach, individuals are invited to delve into their inner landscapes and explore the concept of otherness; as a fluid and evolving future self. This collaborative process generates design blueprints that eventually manifest as intricate textile artworks.

The upcoming exhibition will be a window into Becky’s creative journey over the past two years, showcasing five impressive large-scale tapestry weavings crafted using Axminster rug yarn and various wools.

What sets this exhibition apart is Becky’s unconventional approach to channelling the essence and atmosphere of her surroundings. She has ventured into remote locations on Dartmoor, engaging in tea leaf readings with four individuals, allowing the natural environment to infuse her creations with a unique energy and narrative.

During the tea leaf reading sessions, initial colour palettes and abstract shapes are documented,

providing Becky with the foundational elements for her subsequent artistic process. These

recordings serve as the building blocks for her physical and digital collages, which are then upscaled into weaving cartoons. These cartoons become her guiding companions as she weaves these tangible artifacts at her Leclerc vertical tapestry loom in Stoke, Plymouth, Devon.

Join us for an enchanting evening at the exhibition opening, where Becky Dodman will take us on a captivating journey into the realm of textiles and well-being. She will share her insights into the profound connection between creativity, mindfulness, and the healing power of textiles.

Additionally, this event marks the beginning of our textile and fashion socials, a platform for

enthusiasts to connect, share, and celebrate the world of textiles and fashion.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore the intersection of art, well-being, and creativity with Becky Dodman-Wainwright.

Reserve your spot now for an evening of inspiration, conversation, and the unveiling of her remarkable textile artworks.

We look forward to welcoming you to this extraordinary event!

Our first ever AUP staff art exhibition will take place in Project Space 1, 2 - 13 October. Thirty staff members from across all areas of the University have pledged to take part and I'm very excited to invite you all to visit the exhibition and attend the Private View on Thursday 5 October, 17:00 - 19:00.

I am exhibiting ' Sisterhood' 

Sisterhood is a wool and cotton Tapestry Weaving 15cm x 15 cm inspired by a vintage photograph of women forming a ritual circle, heads back in joyous exhalation in their togetherness, and freedom.

With a passion for art, and interiors, Becky Dodman Wainwright is a multi-disciplinary textile designer and artist with a colourful and bold style. Having worked for over a decade in the textile industry and as a lecturer at Arts University Plymouth, the Devon born designer is creating from a diverse heritage of Chinese and Colombian influence.  Becky focuses much of her work on esoteric themes such as tea leaf readings for participatory art works, through to the celebration of femininity through small personal tapestries exploring womanhood.

Becky will have a small painting exhibited as part of the group show ‘Fortune Teller’ at Fronteer Gallery in Sheffield 8-25th February 2023.

Becky will be exhibiting two tapestries as part of Cista Art’s online group exhibition that launches 1st Feb 2023.

Cista Arts writes:

In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refers to conscious cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation. Their most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem-solving, and deliberation. But other mental processes, like considering an idea, memory, or imagination, are also often included. These processes can happen internally independent of the sensory organs, unlike perception. But when understood in the widest sense, any mental event may be understood as a form of thinking, including perception and unconscious mental processes. In a slightly different sense, the term thought refers not to the mental processes themselves but to mental states or systems of ideas brought about by these processes.

Becky will present Her and Self, two 35 x 40 inch wool tapestries that have been created using the Tasseopgraphy Textiles participatory design process, exploring Jungian signs and symbols in a tea cup for amorhpic future designing.

More details at hte launch of the online event on 1st Feb 2023

Southcombe Barn is pleased to announce the opening 'A Premonition of this Place', a joint exhibition by Milly Brown and Becky Dodman Wainwright. The show which features painting, drawing, textiles and collage follows a week-long artists residency this August. Inspired by the cultivated and wild spaces in and around the barn the artists explored place, spirit, and divination for the starting points for the exhibited work.

The residency allowed the artists to explore the unique landscapes and examine how past habitations and interventions might help us in divining the future of our physical and metaphysical landscapes.

Southcombe Barn Art Gallery

Southcombe Barn Art Gallery is dedicated to supporting women artists and bringing current creative discussion to the countryside, representing voices that have been historically excluded from mainstream discourse. The Gallery is set within the grounds of Southcombe Barn, a new arts, nature and wellbeing retreat space located in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor. Set in 16 acres of wildflower meadow, pasture and ancient woodland and backing onto the open moor, we offer beautiful guest accommodation, events and workshops.

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Southcombe Barn is pleased to announce that they will be welcoming Milly Brown and Becky Dodman Wainwright on a week-long artists residency this August. Exploring place, spirit, and divination by immersing themselves in the cultivated and wild spaces in and around the barn, they will work collaboratively on research that will inform a joint exhibition, 'A Premonition of this Place', at our gallery in October 2022.

The residency will allow the artists to explore our unique landscapes and examine how past habitations and interventions might help us in divining the future of our physical and metaphysical landscapes. The residence will also include several outreach workshops that will be announced soon.