Peter Collingwood

British artist weaver. After national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a stint with the Red Cross in Jordan, he spent six months at Ditchling, East Sussex, in the workshop of Ethel Mairet. He then worked for two other prominent weavers, Barbara Sawyer and Alastair Morton before setting up his own workshop in 1952.

During the 1950s Collingwod taught weaving part-time at the Hammersmith School of Art, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and at Central School of Arts & Crafts in London, and from 1964 onwards made frequent teaching visits to the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

He also wrote extensively on weaving, including six books on the subject: ‘The Techniques of Rug Weaving’ (1968), ‘The Techniques of Sprang’ (1974), ‘The Techniques of Tablet Weaving’ (1982), ‘The Maker’s Hand: A Close Look at Textile Structures’ (1987), ‘Rug Weaving Techniques: Beyond the Basic’s (1991) and ‘The Techniques of Ply-split Braiding (1998)’.