randall darwall

randall darwall
Randall Darwall

Textile artist and designer Randall Darwall, Featured in Craft in America's first PBS series, is a handweaver and designer who has been working in New England for over thirty years. What began as an individual alone in his studio has evolved steadily into a small collaborative community of artisans creating unique textiles that speak to the individuality of the human spirit. The work has grown from a focus on small wearable accessories to include entire ensembles and even interior pieces. It is an evolving collection that is primarily exhibited at special craft shows around the country and beyond.

Craft In America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, Clarkson Potter, October 2007

Different kinds of hand looms are employed to produce a range of weave structures, from 4 to 24 shafts. Colors change not only constantly within each piece, but vary enormously among the pieces from the same warp, and evolve warp to warp and season to season.