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In her work Leila uses the landscape of Orkney to celebrate life and nature around her, thus evoking a sense of time and space. The tapestries are woven on a large, extending, upright loom in the High Gobelins technique, using cotton warp at 8 warps per inch. For the weft Leila mainly uses a mixture of Shetland wool, Swedish linen and American cotton but likes to be able to experiment with other materials to achieve the most suitable effect for each idea.
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| Much of Leila's work incorporates text which she composes herself whilst exploring the theme on which she is working. Drawing and planning for a tapestry takes as much time as weaving, so each piece may take between 2-4 months to complete. | ||
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'Your
tapestries gave me a good feeling inside' M Lutnces, Norway
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