Alice Hume

I am a Textile Artist and Weaver based at Portsmouth Museum & Art Gallery. I have been weaving for over 12 years and graduated from Winchester School of Art with a degree in Woven Textile Design in 2013. I have studied textiles internationally at weaving schools in Sweden and Japan.

After Graduating I collaborated with my father to make handmade frame looms called Hume Looms from recycled wood which I use to teach weave workshops. In 2018 I designed and created a wool window display in Covent Garden for store allbirds which consisted of nine handwoven wool hangings. I have also been awarded Arts Council England Funding three times including projects Interactive Weaves and From Soil to Cloth.

Inspired by my travels and different cultures my work combines embroidery, wrapping, knotting and hand weaving on my Harris and George Wood Floor Loom. I experiment with unusual materials of recycled copper, raffia and 1970’s vintage silk yarns to create wall decor, hanging copper moons, clutch bags and Textile earrings. Vanderhume is named after my ancestors who were Flemish weavers. I come from a creative family and I am also the niece of Dr Julian Hume palaeontologist and artist.

I am Certified Carbon Literate - “An awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.” The Carbon Literacy Project.

Making Design Circular Member with Katie Treggiden