Jacob Monk is a hand-weaver and textile artist based in south-east London. He trained at Central Saint Martins before going on to establish his studio practice in 2019 to create vibrant fine art textiles.
Jacob’s aim is to reinterpret the ancient technique of ikat, the process of creating a pattern through the binding and dyeing of the warp yarns before weaving. He does this through the use of dynamic colour combinations inspired by the natural world.
This body of work is part of an ongoing investigation into colour. Using collected bird feathers as a starting point for my use of colour, the aim was to create a feeling of energy and movement that you might see in bird mid-flight.
Watercolour painting became a large part of this investigation, allowing the paint to organically bleed into each other for the purpose of spontaneity and loss of control. This informed the next stage of the process, translating these new colour works into dyed yarn and then onto woven ikat fabrics.
