We are pleased to introduce another new member of the group – Eleanor Burkett
“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.”
Ellie explains what it means to join the group:
“I am thrilled to be welcomed as a new member of the Textile Study Group. I have long wanted to find a group of exhibiting artists for whom innovative textile practice, research and education go hand in hand as this chimes with my practice. There is such breadth of experience in the group and I will appreciate being supported and challenged as I develop my own practice through group exhibitions and participation in the high calibre workshop offered to members. I look forward, in turn, to sharing in the future delivery of TSG workshops to a wider audience and participating in other activities as they develop.”
Images:
Top: Fukushima Flower I Hand stitched paper cast and hand-rolled paper thread (Photo by Rob Harris)
Bottom: Detail of Between colliding banks (Photo by David Brunetti) Weaving made from discarded pages of a poem called Punting to Islip