Louise Cheetham
Fibre Artist inspired by all things Mother Nature, I hand make one-of-a-kind tapestries from my narrow boat in West London. Currently teaching myself the age-old craft of spinning on my heritage wheel, I use sustainable Welsh and Cornish wool and yarn.
Blending figurative and abstract elements to create pieces that tell a story and inject life and colour into spaces.
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My earthy colour palette blends oranges, browns and greens with motifs like the Mother Earth tree, the cosmos and funghi.
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My latest collection of vegetable ink paintings are heavily inspired by the landscapes of my home town in South Wales with the female form.
What's in a name?
Danu, /'danu:/ in Celtic religion, the earth-mother goddess or female principle was honoured under various names from eastern Europe to Wales and Ireland. The mythology that surrounded her was contradictory and confused; mother goddesses of earlier peoples were ultimately identified with her, as were many goddesses of the Celts themselves. A goddess of nature, rebirth, of wisdom, and of wind.
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Danu acts as a mystical backdrop to HOD's pieces and gives a nod to the origins of this creative journey in Lou's hometown in South Wales.