Mary Farmer

Mary Farmer
Farmer around age 20
Born(1940-08-06)6 August 1940
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Died1 February 2021(2021-02-01) (aged 80)
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
EducationSydenham High School, Beckenham School of Art
SpouseTerry Moores (1949–2014)
WebsiteArtFacts Profile

Mary Farmer (6 August 1940 – 1 February 2021) was a UK-based weaver of tapestries and rugs, she led developments in tapestry in the late 20th century with a number of roles across higher education culminating in Course Director at the Royal College of Art. Her client list included royalty, government departments, major corporations, museum collections and private collectors.

A 2023 Government Art Collection posthumous reception featured her work, both with the tapestry Buzz On[1] at the reception by Admiralty Arch, London and a collection of works by audio visual presentation.[2] The Tapestry Buzz On is now (2024) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Whitehall[1] and the other two commissioned works in this series, Buzz on II[3] and Buzz On III[4] moved to the British Embassy in Rome, Italy in 2023. An early rug,[5] together with a contemporary tapestry[6] are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Early life

Mary Farmer was born Mary Quinton Farmer on 6 August 1940 in Newbury, Berkshire, to Edith Anona Jane Farmer (née Quinton),and Seldon Charles Forrester Farmer, Principal Probation Officer for Berkshire Probation Service and latterly Inner London Probation Service's longest serving Principal Probation Officer.[7] Farmer's family relocated to Beckenham, Kent in 1948/9.

It has become evident during this research that her mother was also an accomplished Lacemaking, Dressmaking and Weaving artist being a member of the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers from shortly after its inception to the mid 1980s. However unlike her daughter most of this was known locally rather than internationally.[8]

Education

Farmer's Secondary education was at Sydenham High School.[9] with Further Education at Beckenham School of Art (1958–1961).[10]

Music

Mary Farmer was an accomplished flautist, playing flute for the Ernest Read London Junior Orchestra from 1957 to 1960. By the end of 1960 she had made her career choice in the Visual Arts.

Known Concerts

Ernest Reed Concerts
The London Junior Orchestra at Royal Academy of Music The Duke's HallThe London Junior and Senior Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall |
29 November 1957[11]30 May 1958[12]
28 November 1958[13]27 May 1959[14]
11 December 1959[15]26 May 1960[16]
25 November 1960[17]

Visual Arts Career

Farmer's career in the Visual arts began at Beckenham School of Art (1958–61) where she initially focused on painting. However, she went on to be trained in rug weaving with Gwen and Barbara Mullins at Graffham Weavers,[18] combined with part-time study at Farnham and Reigate Art Schools.

Establishment of weaving studio

She moved to Digswell House, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire in 1964 and to Guildford, Surrey in 1967, combining home life and work studio from this point forward.[19] However it was not till her move to Boston, Lincolnshire that her studio and workshop could really focus on her work with less constraints due to its design as a commercial building with an area converted for living accommodation, rather than the other way round.[20] Farmer was awarded a Digswell Arts Trust Fellowship (1964–1967), a residency programme established in Hertfordshire by Henry Morris[21] and artist potter Hans Coper.[22]

Early career

One of her first major commissions was a multi-segment rug (2.75m x 2.75m) for the Ambassador's residence at the British Embassy in Paris, France in 1966. The cine film recording that production process was digitally transferred from the original silent Super 8 film.[23]

From the late 1960s through to around 1981, she taught at an undergraduate level, predominantly at West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey, but also Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Bromley, Kent and Liverpool Art School amongst others.[24]

Her early career saw she major exhibition tours (see below, but also the attention of private Gallery owners such as Henry Rothschild with inclusion at Primavera Gallery in 1965-6 and Joan Crossley-Holland at the Oxford Gallery from its establishment in 1968, intermittently through most of her career. Farmer regularly showed works at the British Crafts Centre[25] and Northern Crafts Centre,[26] including with the Red Rose Guild.

Following her marriage to ceramicist Terry Moores they established a joint workshop and home in Boston, Lincolnshire.[27][28]

After a brief use of her married name, she formally registered Mary Farmer as a business name.

Royal College of Art

Farmer was appointed Tutor in Post-Graduate Textiles at the Royal College of Art in 1981, later being promoted to Course Leader, Tapestry. She oversaw the move into School of Fine Art in 1985, and later as Course Director of MA Tapestry until 1995.[29] Several of her students went on to successful careers of their own including Jennie Moncur,[30][31] Jeni Ross,[32] Philip Sanderson,[33] and Jun Tomita (specifically known for Japanese Kasuri weaving).[34]

She was awarded a Fellowship in 1988[35] and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Art in 1995, at the point of her retirement and the tapestry course closure.[36]

Career outside academia

Throughout her academic career she was active in the art and craft of weaving rugs, tapestries and tapestry woven rugs. Many of these were shown around the world. Solo show, show with her partner ceramicist Terry Moores[37][38][39] whose later works reached towards abstract sculptures, and group shows with or selected by many of the leading lights in the world of arts and crafts.[10][40] Her work has been selected to adorn the catalogues of Sotheby's,[41] Christie's[42] and most recently Lyon & Turnbull.[43]

Memberships

Major exhibitions and shows

Details of the majority of known and verified exhibitions can be found on the ArtFacts.Net website.[10]

Mary Farmer exhibition timeline

Mary Farmers work was incorporated in over 250 exhibitions, so only ones significant to her career are shown here. This included several landmark tours by internationally renowned institutions. More detail can be found in a Timeline[49] created in association with the 2024 exhibition Mary Farmer: A life in Tapestry.[50]

DateTitleVenue(s)
1965Twelve Artists – Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Print making, Stained Glass, Weaving, Ceramics[51]Trade Union Congress Building, Great Russell Street, London
1965 - 7Weaving for Walls[52]Victoria and Albert Museum, London, touring exhibition
1965Viewpoint 1965[53][54][55]Primavera Gallery
1965Christmas Exhibition and visit by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh[56] and sale of 2 rugs to the Duke[57]Crafts Centre of Great Britain, London
1966Artists from Digswell [58][59]Primavera Gallery
1969–71British Designer Craftsmen Organised by UK Crafts Council / World Crafts Council. Patron: HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh[60]Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution
1977Rugs for Churches Commission of kneelers for Liverpool Cathedral[61]Crafts Advisory Committee Gallery, 12 Waterloo Place, London, England and
1979Hand-woven Tapestries and Rugs[62][63][64]Newbury Spring Festival, Newbury, Berkshire, England
1979Mary Farmer Solo Exhibition [65]Connaught Gallery, Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
1979Mary Farmer: Tapestries, Rugs, Carpets Solo Exhibition[66]South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, England
1981Textiles Today[67] selected by Marianne StraubKettles Yard, Cambridge, England and tour
1981–2Contemporary British Tapestry[68]Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, England and tour
1982The Maker's Eye (selector and exhibitor)[40][69]Crafts Council Gallery, London, England
1982Textiles and Pottery[70]Wells Centre, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England
1983-5A closer look at rugs[71]Crafts Council Gallery, London, England and tour
1985Tapestries by Mary Farmer, Ceramics by Terry Moores[72][73]British Crafts Centre, Earlham Street, London, England
1985A Collection in the Making[74]Crafts Council Gallery, London, England
1985Eight Contemporary Textile Artists from England[75][76] Organised by Peter Shahbenderian and the Galerie FilambuleGalerie Filambule, Lausanne, Switzerland
1987-8Wall to Wall – Textiles for Interiors[77][78]Cornerhouse, Manchester, England and tour
1991Contemporary English CraftsWhitman College - Sheehan Gallery, Washington, USA[79] and tour
1996–7Woven Image - Contemporary British Tapestry[80]Barbican Centre, London, England and tour
1997Made by WomenPortsmouth Museum and Art Gallery
2003 - 2021Contemporary Craft Gallery[81]Hove Museum of Creativity, Hove, England
2019 - 2020Moving forward: the Crafts Study Centre at 50[82]Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey, England
2020 -1The Crafts Study Centre at 50 - Remix[83]Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey, England
1 Feb 2021DeathFollowing exhibitions were held posthumously
2021 - 2024Contemporary Craft Gallery[81]Hove Museum of Creativity, Hove, England
2021Maker's Eye: Stories of Craft[84][85]Crafts Council Gallery, London, England
2024Mary Farmer: A Life in Tapestry Solo Exhibition[86][87]Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, England
2024Living in a Material World[88]Lyon & Turnbull, 22 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AF in collaboration with the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey, England
2024 (remains Ongoing)Contemporary Craft Gallery, all Mary Farmer Collection artworks now displayed including a rare video of her working (c1965)[81]Hove Museum of Creativity, Hove, England
2025 - 6Picking up the Thread: the Past, Present and Future of Tapestry (The British Tapestry Group 20th Anniversary Exhibitions)[89]

Invited Artist to the following venues:

2026Crafts Council Collect 2026 Art Fair with Oxford Ceramics Gallery[90][91]Somerset House, London, England (25 February - 1 March 2026)
2026Textiles Today?[92] Exhibitors: Jo Barker, Mary Farmer, Amber Fry, Jacob Monk, Eleanor Pritchard, Mary Restieaux, Ann Sutton, Jun TomitaFen Ditton Gallery, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Major award nominations and awards

DateTitleBody or location
1964Digswell Arts Trust Fellowship award[24]Digswell House, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
1988Sotheby's Decorative Arts award nomination The catalogue features Tapestry – Soft Flight[93] on the front cover[94]Sotheby's, London
1988Fellowship of Royal College or Art (FRCA)[95]Royal College of Art, London, England
1995Honorary Fellowship award[96]Royal College of Art, London, England
2024The Warehouse at 50 High Street, Boston, Lincolnshire and the contribution of Farmer and Terry Moores to their respective fields as designer craftspeople has been recognisedBoston Preservation Trust's Blue Plaque scheme.[97]

External examiner

Later career

In 1990 Farmer suffered a severe shoulder injury which significantly curtailed her weaving career.[98][99]

The MA Tapestry Course at the Royal College of Art closed in 1995 and Farmer went into retirement after over a decade of the challenging situation with the course's sustainability.[100]

Works in public collections

Works in corporate collections

Later personal life and death

Her husband, Terry Moores, died in 2014.

Mary Farmer remained largely independent into later life; however, she suffered acute illness during the COVID-19 pandemic and died on 1 February 2021 in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Legacy

Ann Sutton made a number of pieces of her collection available in the Modern Made auction[131] in 2023, including a significant piece, the tapestry, Float 1[132]) by Farmer. Interest in the work and contribution that Farmer made to art in the late 20th century.[133][134]

A reception was held in November 2023 at the Government Art Collection adjacent to Admiralty Arch as a memorial to Farmer, featuring the Tapestry Buzz On which has been in their collection since 1977.[135] Whilst exposure of these pieces is normally limited to government, diplomats and their staff, with a piece currently at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall, London and the other two at the British Embassy in Rome, Italy. However, their viewing was restricted to GCHQ, Cheltenham staff from 2011 to 2019[136][137][138] and whilst viewing may have been restricted, their presence did not escape The Times, although they attributed them to the wrong Mary Farmer.[139]

Renewed recognition has been evident since her death with a major solo exhibition at the Crafts Study Centre[140] in 2024. 2025/6 she was an invited artist as part of The British Tapestry Group 20th Anniversary celebration.[141] The Victoria and Albert Museum have acquired the tapestry Soft Flight, a major piece reserved for many major exhibitions internationally during her lifetime.[142]. In 2026 the Oxford Ceramics Gallery included one of Mary Farmer's pieces in the Crafts Council Collect Art Fair at Somerset House.[143]

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