Larger-Than-Life Weavings are a Splendorous Celebration of Color and Texture

Tam­my Kanat cre­ates tex­tile art that’s larg­er than life. Her col­or­ful, high­ly-tex­tur­al wall hang­ings fea­ture organ­ic cir­cu­lar and oval shapes that are a cel­e­bra­tion of mate­ri­als. “For me,” she says, “weav­ing projects a mood. I fol­low my instinct to cre­ate designs that feel bal­anced. I am very visu­al, always tak­ing note of my sur­round­ings and believe this is reflect­ed in my work.” Their large size and incred­i­ble details are sure to bring you joy when­ev­er you look at them. I know they do for me. I’ve been cov­et­ing the above pho­to for well over a week.

Tam­my’s career in weav­ing rep­re­sents a shift in cre­ative fields. For 12 years she was a jew­el­ry design­er, but in 2011 she enrolled in the Aus­tralian Tapes­try Work­shop to learn tapes­try weav­ing. Ever since then, she’s been using her skills to enthrall oth­ers; it’s at the heart of her work. “She believes,” she writes on her web­site, “weav­ing is an ever-evolv­ing and time­less art form and an enchant­i­ng way to share the impact of her surroundings.”

Using an intuitive creative process, Tammy Kanat creates larger-than-life textile art.