Tessa Jane

Assemblage, Mixed-media, Pen & Ink, Printmaking, Textiles

Tessa Jane’s passion for dance and stage design led her to a Fashion and Textile degree at the University of Central England followed by post-graduate degrees one at Homerton College, Cambridge. A decade of teaching honed her mixed media skills leading ...

‘I draw the viewer in to see in new ways-to observe and respond to the works, extracting their own experiences and perspectives and gaining new interpretations. I use the sewing machine as a drawing tool along with found and conventional materials, but the work has many layers visually and conceptually, using printed, collaged, drawn, and stitched mixed media. I recycle and repurpose. Sourcing discarded objects, thoughts and feelings helping them to be heard.’

Her work speaks volumes of her practice and principals, described as the next Piper and winning the Oxford International Art Fair 2016, selected to exhibit in The XIth Florence biennale in 2017, RWA 2019 and SWA 2020. Tessa Jane’s work will have a strong narrative and pattern to unpick piece by piece until you discover the story within.