Surface Tracing

Collaged textile stretched over wooden frame
94 x 63.5 x 3.5 cm

Regular price £1,250.00
About the Artwork

Using scraps of fabric that would otherwise be thrown away, ‘Surface Tracing’ utilises reconnection in search of new landscapes.
Refusing defeat, the seemingly-nothing is made into something, at once emphatically material and yet of itself, immaterial. Tenuous threads tread, trace over the surfaces, travelling through the fabric, binding and weaving as they go. A web of relations between the disparate and discarded is made, these connections turning separate and useless pieces into something whole and purposeful again. The effect is akin to a map, following lines across changing landscapes, always different but of necessity, connected.

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Details

Medium: Collaged textile stretched over wooden frame

Year: 2026

Size: 94 x 63.5 x 3.5 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

It can be hung directly from the frame.

Poppy Frean

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Poppy Frean (b.1996) is a textile artist based in South East London whose work primarily explores the feeling and experience of place, belonging and home. She graduated from the University of Sussex in 2020, completing a year’s study abroad at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Her debut solo show ‘Tapestry Mapping Reside’ took place at Peak Gallery in Elephant and Castle in 2020. Since then, they have participated in numerous group exhibitions, most recently at Outhouse Gallery and Hypha Studios.

Hypha Studios Artist: ‘Call Incoming...’, curated by Haydn Albrow, at Hypha Gallery HQ Euston (2026)

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