About
Tessa Layzelle (b. 1988, Scottish Highlands) is a designer/maker based in York UK. Since 2012, after studying fine art in Brighton, she has been making and selling quilted textiles that sit in the crossover between artwork and homeware.
Tessa is interested in bringing the magic and connection that comes with painting to a useful domestic object. She calls them practical paintings.
A practical painting can start as artwork on the wall, then be used as a throw, getting mended and threadbare, until it is cut up and used as rags… but still giving a quiet glimmer of beauty to daily life; an unexpected shape, a joyful pairing of colours.
Constructing with materials that already exist around us is central to her practice, often dyeing and painting in small batches with off-cuts saved for smaller works. Using self-taught hand stitch techniques learned from global quilting and applique traditions, combined with her distinctive abstract compositions, Tessa’s works are sought after by those who value living with craftsmanship and magic.
Tessa is part of Makers Made, a collective and directory of independent UK homeware makers.
