04/03/2026
Thanks Lovely write up for work of the week 🙏 💚
There is a contemplative restraint to ‘The Silent Herd’
Five pale horses stand within a pared-back landscape of muted blues and soft greys. The space feels expansive yet hushed, the composition structured by subtle stitched lines that move across the surface like contours in chalk land. The result is balanced, atmospheric, and quietly powerful.
In the British landscape tradition - from the distilled forms of Paul Nash to the lyrical abstractions of Ivon Hitchens - landscape is often less about description and more about memory and structure. Becky Borthwick’s work sits within this lineage. The land becomes rhythm, the animal becomes presence rather than portrait.
Her use of stitched textile collage also aligns her practice with the modern elevation of fibre as fine art, recalling the material intelligence of Anni Albers. Layers of fabric and thread are not decorative additions, but structural elements. Light catches raised stitching and raw edges, giving the surface a subtle sculptural quality that shifts throughout the day.
The restrained palette makes this work highly adaptable in an interior. It offers calm without fading into the background, a piece that anchors a space while maintaining softness and nuance.
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Warm regards,
The MADE in the Pewsey Vale Team