I'm Daryl Hooper and I'm a textile artist, visible mender, natural dyer, gardener and budding herbalist. I save seeds, upholster furniture, repair and obsess over colour. I have been making since I was a small bairn →

Patched jeans thrown up in the air with blue sky
patched jeans

Get in touch via email thrawan.daryl@gmail.com or sign up to my monthly Newsletter.

naturally dyed wool
weaving, willow, willow weaving, thrawan
woad, thrawan, plant dyes, dye garden

2010 - BA Hons Photography, Manchester School of Art

2016 - Now - Established Thrawan, Manchester, UK

2018 - Artist in Residence, Prenzlauer Kunst Kollektiv, Berlin, Germany

2020 - PGCE, Bristol, UK

2021 - Now - Renovating a Victorian home, Bristol, UK

natural dye
naturally dyed wool, avocado, onion skin

I'm from County Durham and I live and work in Bristol, UK.

naturraly dyed wool
quilt, indigo, naturally dyed, shibori, indigo, sashiko thread
indigo dyed visible mend

The time is NOW.

I'm Daryl Hooper and I'm a textile artist, visible mender, natural dyer, gardener and budding herbalist. I save seeds, upholster furniture, repair and obsess over colour. I have been making since I was a small bairn →

Patched jeans thrown up in the air with blue sky
patched jeans

Get in touch via email thrawan.daryl@gmail.com or sign up to my monthly Newsletter.

naturally dyed wool
weaving, willow, willow weaving, thrawan
woad, thrawan, plant dyes, dye garden

2010 - BA Hons Photography, Manchester School of Art

2016 - Now - Established Thrawan, Manchester, UK

2018 - Artist in Residence, Prenzlauer Kunst Kollektiv, Berlin, Germany

2020 - PGCE, Bristol, UK

2021 - Now - Renovating a Victorian home, Bristol, UK

natural dye
naturally dyed wool, avocado, onion skin

I'm from County Durham and I live and work in Bristol, UK.

naturraly dyed wool
quilt, indigo, naturally dyed, shibori, indigo, sashiko thread
indigo dyed visible mend

The time is NOW.

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