I'm Hannah — a Wellington-based artist working in tufted wool, painting, and works on paper.
After years in digital product design, I left to make things with my hands full time.
My tufted wool works are made with context in mind — the way a piece will sit in a room, how light moves across the pile, the acoustic softness wool brings. I'm drawn to commissions that consider the context of a specific space, and welcome collaborations where that conversation can happen from the start.
I use dead-stock from carpet manufacturing and wool sourced from op shops and auction clearouts wherever I can. The palette finds me more than I find it — and the materials resist perfectionism in ways I've come to lean into and work within.
Themes of domesticity, community, and ecological belonging run through everything, alongside a quieter preoccupation with the mental weight of modern life and motherhood.
This carries onto paper and canvas too — watercolour, acrylics, and graphite — where years of graphic design and illustration show up whether I invite them or not. The two practices push against each other in useful ways.
Open for commissions and collaborations.
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