About
About Fiona
British born, Fiona has been living in the central region of Portugal for 14 years — the mountains and lakes reminiscent of her childhood home in Scotland. Having also travelled in Australia and Southern Africa, these wild landscapes continue to inspire her.
Fiona graduated with a BA (Hons) in wood, metal, ceramics and plastics, realising soon into her journey of artistic expression that the tactile was as important as the visual.
Nine years ago, fate led her to an abandoned wool factory near Gouveia. This ignited a relationship with wool and other fibres that continues to both thrive and challenge.
Her inspirations range from our environments — internal and external — to story-telling and theatre. The question of containment is a regular feature, and a line in a poem often causes the leap into a new piece of work.
In her words
“As a fibre artist I am fascinated by the properties of fibre and push at their perceived boundaries. I create for the body, the mind and spaces.”
In the studio
Where the work begins
From raw fleece to finished piece, every work is made by hand in the studio — felted, stitched and constructed. Attending life-drawing sessions helps keep Fiona’s eye trained, feeding the layers and depth that run through both her wearable and wall-based work.
