 Winter landscapeby Ann Wheeler Knitting and bobbin lace combined with paper pulp in linen and paper yarn 130x40cm |  Three vesselsby Ann Wheeler Bobbin lace in paper yarn with soluble paper, knots and buttons 40x62cm tall |  Shadows of the Pastby Ann Wheeler Knitted paper yarn base, bobbin lace figure filled with needlelace 180cm x 70cm |
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 Shadows of the pastby Ann Wheeler Detailed view Knitted paper yarn base, bobbin lace figure filled with needlelace 180cm x 70cm |  Shadows of the pastby Ann Wheeler Detailed view Knitted paper yarn base, bobbin lace figure filled with needlelace 180cm x 70cm |  Shadows of the pastby Ann Wheeler Detailed view Knitted paper yarn base, bobbin lace figure filled with needlelace 180cm x 70cm |
 Paper fragmentby Ann Wheeler Fragment of 'Carrickmacross' lace worked in paper and thread 26cmx28cm |  Paper fragmentby Ann Wheeler Detailed view Fragment of 'Carrickmacross' lace worked in paper and thread 26cmx28cm |  Clear waterby Ann Wheeler Knitted fishing line with laminated paper 'watercress' 280cm x 50cm |
 Clear waterby Ann Wheeler Detailed view Knitted fishing line with laminated paper 'watercress' 280cm x 50cm |  Three againby Ann Wheeler Three figures in bobbin lace and knitting 160x60 Exhibited at Shape Shifting, 2014 |  Fantasy seed podsby Ann Wheeler Fantasy seed pods, for a winter garden. Bobbin lace using mixed yarns including paper and plastic Exhibited at Inside Out, 2010 |
 Not for the potby Ann Wheeler Pods splitting and exposed in a winter landscape. Bobbin and needle lace using mixed yarns. Exhibited at Inside Out, 2010 |  Undulating formby Ann Wheeler Using the stubble fields of Hampshire to inform the shape and texture of a piece of bobbin lace worked in a variety of paper and textile yarns. H220cm, W43cm. Exhibited at Divergence, 2008 |  Sampleby Anne Wheeler Exhibited at Lace in a Barn, 2005 |
 Stubble fieldby Anne Wheeler Exhibited at Lace in a Barn, 2005 |  Stubble field, detailby Ann Wheeler Exhibited at Lace in a Barn, 2005 |
ANN WHEELER
Ann is a freelance practising textile artist and tutor who taught City and Guilds embroidery at Fareham College, Hampshire for over 20 years. She was a national advisor for the City and Guilds lacemaking as well as external verifier for both that and embroidery and other textile crafts. She is a member of the Textile Study Group as well as the Westhope Group and has exhibited both at home and abroad. As a lacemaker she is passionate in believing that we of this generation must leave something unique behind, not just rest on the laurels of tradition and help to get lacemaking accepted as a textile art. To this end she supports the Westhope Group and tries in her teaching to encourage experimentation. She enjoys the challenge of constructing large scale work using contemporary yarns. Her work is based on research and observation of the source material and this is recorded in sketchbooks that are an important part of the process.