I am delighted to be showing Flaxen at the Knit & Stitch Shows this autumn at Alexandra Palace and Harrogate.
Tickets to the show can be purchased with the following discount code: ALICEFOX
I will be giving a gallery tour at 11am on 8th October at Alexandra Palace. Tickets are available here
Alice Fox presents Flaxen in the Textile Galleries at Knit + Stitch London 2026, an exhibition exploring the material journey of flax through cultivation, processing and making.
Since 2017, Alice has been growing small plots of flax (Linum usitatissimum) on her allotment in West Yorkshire, steadily developing her understanding of how growing conditions, retting processes and seasonal variation shape the fibre. Her practice also incorporates other allotment-grown plant fibres and natural dyes, grounding the work in close attention to place and ecological process.
In 2024, a large communal crop of flax was grown at Kestle Barton in Cornwall, nearly 400 miles from Alice’s allotment. Overseen by Alice and supported by Kestle Barton staff and a rotating group of volunteers, the project followed the flax through every stage — from sowing and tending through to harvesting, retting and processing. Alongside this, flax was also sown on her West Yorkshire allotment on the same day, creating a direct comparison between two distinct growing environments.
The resulting body of work brings these parallel sites together through woven pieces of varying scale. Whole flax stems, complete with root and shoot, are used as structural elements, while processed and unspun fibres are woven and stitched through the work. Strength and fragility sit in tension, with shifting textures and surfaces reflecting the plant’s transformation from field to fibre.
Alongside the woven works, material sketches and botanical ink collections extend the narrative, mapping the places where the flax was grown and offering a wider reflection on landscape, process and material memory. The making of Flaxen was supported by funding from the Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers.