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 has recently moved to West Dorset and is exploring this beautiful countryside of woodland, hills, fields and coast. She will be experimenting with different fabrics and techniques to evoke these very different landscapes through the seasons.
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
Frayed Edges
Exhibitions
2012:
February 28th-March 11th 2012 Fountain Gallery, East Molesey
May 26th- June 10th 2012 Dorset Arts Weeks at The Othona Community, Coast Road, Burton Bradstock, Bridport Dorset DT64RN www.othona-bb.org.uk
November 2nd-21st 2012 Ashdown Gallery 8 Newlands Place Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex,RH185DQ www.ashdowngallery.co.uk
2011:
January - April 2011 b Gallery, Toddington Beds
January - February 2011 Ashdown Gallery, Forest Row,East Sussex
January 2011 Fountain Gallery, East Molesey
2010:
March 13-14 2010 Contemporary Textile Fair Landmark Arts Centre Teddington
May 2010 Textiles Fair, Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex
June 2010 Bucks Open Studios, Haddenham Bucks
Sept - October 2010 The Black Swan Gallery, Frome.
October 24th -December 24th 2010 b Gallery The Old Town Hall , Market Square , Toddington Beds, LU56QJ
November 20th - December 24th 2010 Ashdown Gallery Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5DQ
Contact
Email: elizabeth@esayers.co.uk