Annabel Stanley

In the Atrium Display Cases

Annabel Stanley is a Natural Fibre Artist, she weaves with vine canes, dogwood, willow, moss and many other materials which give a vibrant natural effect that exhibit inside and outside. Annabel has been weaving for over 20 years, she started in New Zealand where she lived with her family before they came to the Okanagan in 2003. They purchased their own vineyard, which borders onto the McDougall Rim hiking trails, West Kelowna and she and her dogs like to hike and gather on these trails regularly. She shares her time between family ,working in her vineyard, weaving and  teaching workshops. She is also a cross country ski coach for Special Olympics. Her influences have been willow artist Serena De La Haye and environmental sculptor Andrew Goldsworthy.

She has studied with Peter Faulkener, a coracle builder(hazel and hide small light weight boats), learning new styles of weaving with Martha Cloudsley from BC and trained in Willow Sculpture with Julieann WorrallHood in Wiltshire England. She has held many exhibitions in NZ and here in BC  and featured in The NZ Gardener, NZ Cuisine, on NZ National TV and in the first edition of Sculpture Pacific in Canada. She currently has an exhibit in the courtyard at The Kelowna Art Gallery called The Circle of Life

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