Jo Evans, AKA 100 Hours, creates quiet abstracts with natural materials with her fabric collection as her paint box. She makes soft, paintless paintings using beautiful textiles and papers such as linen, silk and hemp, manipulating but also relinquishing control to the warp and weft. At first glance the work is minimal, almost flat but on closer inspection oozing texture and tone.

With an eye on sustainability, Jo uses only natural materials, from linen and silk to oak and beeswax. All of her work is hand crafted using only hand tools and almost always improvised. Textiles are secured with tiny imperceptible stitches and frames are sanded, joined and waxed with very few traditional tools.

"I believe that art born of textiles has as much to give as a painting and can truly enhance our daily lives – you can feel its depth, its softness. Fabric has been on a journey and feels full of soul long before it has even gotten near to fulfilling its potential and l love that about this medium.” — Jo Evans