The Textile Study Group

Eleanor Burkett

Eleanor Burkett, Fukushima Flower I. Hand-stitched paper cast and hand-rolled paper thread. Photograph by Rob Harris.
Eleanor Burkett, Unearthed I. Brushed pigments and katazome resist dye on handmade paper, stitched with paper thread.
Eleanor Burkett, Detail of Unearthed I. Brushed pigments and katazome resist dye on handmade paper, stitched with paper thread.
Eleanor Burkett, Paper Thread. Making paper thread from Japanese madder-dyed paper. Paper dyed by @japanred_pj.
Eleanor Burkett, Autumn Persimmon. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, The Deep North. Woven handmade paper thread made from discarded pages of a 1965 booklet about the paper-textiles of Shiroishi NE Japan. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, The Deep North (detail). Woven handmade paper thread made from discarded pages of a 1965 booklet about the paper-textiles of Shiroishi NE Japan. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, Between Colliding Banks. Weaving made from discarded pages of a poem called Punting to Islip. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, Between Colliding Banks (detail). Weaving made from discarded pages of a poem called Punting to Islip. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, Mottainai III. Washi paper cast with weaving of persimmon-dyed hand-rolled strips of script and paper warp. Photograph by David Brunetti.
Eleanor Burkett, Mottainai III (detail). Washi paper cast with weaving of persimmon-dyed hand-rolled strips of script and paper warp. Photograph by David Brunetti.

Artist Statement

Robust, malleable or delicate, paper in all its forms is at the heart of my practice and I use textile and paper processes interchangeably. It is a medium I have been fascinated by since witnessing handmade rag paper being made at Hayle Mill in Kent many years ago. Subsequently I went to North East Japan, where I studied and researched traditional textile and paper processes and my work is best understood as a contemporary response to paper-textile techniques honed during the years I lived in Japan. 

Outcomes are process-led whether this is making paper, slashing and rolling paper ‘thread’, exploring script, layering and mark-making or shaping paper into three-dimensional form. At times I collage, stitch and fuse disparate elements together or form and recycle new surfaces from the waste of hand-made and machine-made paper processes.

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Location

London

Member Since

2026

Email

ellie@burkett.me.uk

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