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Welcome to The British Tapestry Group
Welcome to our website where we will show you what we have to offer. We are an enthusiastic and growing organisation whose aims are to:
- Raise the profile of woven tapestry as an art form
- Increase awareness of the process and scope of woven tapestry
- Provide a support and communication network for artists working in woven tapestry
- Circulate information about exhibitions, events and commissions
- Offer opportunities for exhibiting in both national and regional exhibitions
- Provide information about weavers who teach and those who welcome visitors
Review: William Jefferies : A Life In Tapestry
Exhibition Morley Gallery, London 20 January to 7 February 2026 Review by Ngaire Thomson, January 2026 As an ex-student of William Jefferies, I must firstly declare that I have a positive bias towards any work that William produces, I find his work inspirational and this exhibition does not disappoint...
Exhibition: BTG 20th Anniversary Exhibition
The British Tapestry Group was set up in 2005 and to celebrate this we are holding an exhibition in which Full UK, Student and Rest of the World Members of the British Tapestry Group are invited to submit their work...
Artist of the week: William Jefferies
I learned to weave at Edinburgh College of Art in the tapestry department led by Archie Brennan with Maureen Hodge and Fiona Mathison. The process of building an image with the innumerable possibilities arising from the choice of fibre, texture, and scale excited me. I subsequently spent a year working with Archie Brennan at the Dovecot Studio in Edinburgh, before postgraduate study at the Royal College of Art, London.A lifetime as a professional tapestry weaver and teacher of tapestry followed, teaching at College and University level, including 18 years at Morley College.
