Jo Barker

b.1963
Jo Barker

Jo Barker (b.1966, Cumbria) originally trained at Edinburgh College of Art, and works from her studio in Edinburgh whilst teaching as a lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art. Her initial abstract designs are collaged together on a computer from a combination of hand painted, drawn and inky marks. Colours are arranged in blocks, pools and smudges in overlapping layers. Employing this flowing way of designing is in complete contrast to the slow and intensive process of weaving.

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Red and Gold Rug, c.1999

tufted rug created at the Edinburgh Tapestry Company (now known as Dovecot Studios)
H:150cm W:185cm
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Ink Study 2, 2019

cotton, linens, wool, embroidery threads
H:7.5cm W:7.5cm
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