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Philip Sanderson, Master Weaver at West Dean Tapestry Studio will be giving a talk on his art tapestry, Parliament at Portcullis House, Palace of Westminster - the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords the two houses of the Parliament of the UK. Part of the annual Open House event in London, the capital's largest annual festival of architecture and design.

Saturday 17 September

Meet the artist with Master Weaver Philip Sanderson in the Boothroyd Room. Full details at www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/tours-of-parliament/open-house

Parliament was woven at West Dean between 1999-2001. There are two tapestries, each is 7.2m x 1.5m (woven in three panels that hang as one piece).

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Open House was started in 1992 as a small, not-for-profit organisation to promote public awareness and appreciation of the capital's building design and architecture. The intention was to open up London's splendid buildings to the general public who don't otherwise have access.

 

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    Parliament by Philip Sanderson, Master Weaver
    Parliament by Philip Sanderson, Master Weaver
    Philip Sanderson, Master Weaver, handweaving Nowhere
    Philip Sanderson, Master Weaver, handweaving Nowhere
    St Lawrence by Philip Sanderson, West Dean Tapestry Studio
    St Lawrence by Philip Sanderson, West Dean Tapestry Studio
    John Hubbard art tapestry hand woven by Philip Sanderson
    John Hubbard art tapestry hand woven by Philip Sanderson

    Master Weaver

    Philip Sanderson is a Master Weaver and Designer at West Dean Tapestry Studio and Associate Tutor on the full time Tapestry and Textile Art programme. After a Foundation at Cleveland College of Art Philip studied Tapestry Weaving as part of the Constructed Textiles BA (Hons) at Middlesex University. He went on to study MA in Tapestry Weaving at the Royal College of Art. His work is rooted in a Landscape tradition, usually working with photographic imagery that is then translated into woven tapestry. Philip work was shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize; Recording Britain Now and The Cordis Prize for Tapestry.

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