Each year (since 2020), Freddie undertakes ‘Morris Quarter’ (previously ‘Morris-anuary’): a three month homage to William Morris from 1st January to 24th March (Morris’s birthday), where he attempts to ‘become’ William Morris whilst making new works. Immersing himself in the creative outputs, principles and vision of Morris and exploring how they can be applied to contemporary society. 

Yauners works look at Morris in the round - they re-build his world in funny and probing ways  - hoping to ask the questions he would have asked if he was alive today.

Beyond the textile patterns he is best known for, William Morris was a social reformer and forerunner of the modern green movement. Freddie’s obsessive interest stems from Morris’s extraordinary breadth of practice and his ability to present an alternative to how we might live - bringing creativity, meaningful work and the natural world together for the wellbeing of all people and nature.

William Morris anticipated many features of the modern Green Movement: renewable energy, reforestation, the reduction of waste, the joy of a simple lifestyle, the redefinition of work and taking pleasure in nature. In a time of climate crisis, Morris’s ideas have particular resonance and offer an alternative to how we might live if we wish to avoid climate catastrophe.

This year's Morris Quarter will focus on the Soil, previous 'quarters' have involved fishing for Salmon (and utopia) in the Thames, Singing Morris's protest songs and using Madder root to dye red flags with local communities. Writing essays on extreme weather, farming and compromise, whilst making prints on Morris's own kelmscott press using pollen as ink.