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Profile
Having spent much of her working life as a Management Consultant Elizabeth is now concentrating on working and developing as a textile artist.
Her passion is landscape and inspiration comes from walking in the countryside, watching the play of light and shadow through the trees; observing the light at different times of day, season, and weather; enjoying the sounds and scents. Elizabeth’s aim is to distil that rich experience to its simplest elements of light, shade, line, and colour; using textiles to evoke a sense of place and the feeling of being there. Her pieces also represent an inner landscape, an emotional response to the natural world.
Images are built up on silk organza and silk habutai, using a range of techniques including hand dying, batik wax and Shibori. The resulting fabrics are layered, appliquéd, quilted and stitched to give the effect of light and shadow, depth and space.
The process is meditative and Elizabeth loves the unpredictability of the methods which force her to respond afresh and renew her vision at each stage.
Elizabeth is continuing to create pieces inspired by the woodland and waterside around Windsor Great Park and Windsor Forest in all seasons. She is developing her interest in other landscapes, experimenting with fabrics and techniques to evoke journeys in other places.
If you would like to commission a piece inspired by your favourite landscape, please talk to Elizabeth who is also happy to give public talks about her work and the methods she uses.
Qualifications
2007 Higher Education Diploma in Stitched Textiles
2002 City &Guilds Creative Embroidery Part I
2004 City & Guilds Creative Embroidery Part II
Memberships
Licentiate of the Society of Designer Craftsmen
Textile Forum South West
HapticArt
Exhibitions
2010/11:
March 2010 Contemporary Textiles Fair, Teddington
May 2010 Textiles Fair, Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex
June 2010 Bucks Open Studios, Haddenham Methodist Church, High Street, Haddenham Bucks HP178ES
Sept / October 2010 The Black Swan Gallery, Frome.
January 2011 Fountain Gallery, East Molesey 2010:
March 13-14 2010 Contemporary Textile Fair Landmark Arts Centre Teddington
2009:
March 13-15 2009 Contemporary Textile Fair Landmark Arts Centre Teddington
May 23-25 2009 Frayed Edges at Petworth Costume and Textiles Fair, Petworth House, West Sussex.
June 2009 Arts in Marlow, Bucks Open Studios, St. Peter’s Church, St. Peter’s St. Marlow
August 2009 Frayed Edges, Hampshire Open Studios
September 22nd-October 4th 2009 HapticArt ‘On the Edge’ Sunbury
2008:
March 2008, Contemporary Textile Fair Landmark Arts Centre Teddington.
June/July 2008, HapticArt ‘One Year On’ at Art Van Go, Knebworth, Herts.
August 2008, Frayed Edges Hampshire Open Studios.
November 2008, Craft Fair at South Hill Park Bracknell, Berks.
Contact
Email: elizabeth@esayers.co.uk
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