I am an artist working with textiles; the driving force in my work is form and colour, and what they will do for me. Recent work is about the patterns in our landscape, sky, and weather.

I have come to rely on hand stitching which I keep simple. My stitches are drawn marks describing what I have observed or am thinking about. I rarely use conventional ground fabrics, preferring to construct, paint or print my fabric before adding stitch. The more I sew the more I want to simplify the construction of the stitches I use, wanting the work to speak for itself, the design to be the best it can be and the techniques I am using to be secondary.

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Biography
I have been sewing for as long as I can remember and on leaving school. I studied Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. While at home with my young sons I completed City and Guilds Embroidery parts 1 and 2. I have worked in commercial retail management, retail training, interior design, and gallery management. I have now worked as a freelance artist and tutor/mentor from my home studio in Suffolk for over 20 years.

I am a member of The Society of Designer Craftsmen.

Recent Exhibitions
Society of Designer Craftsmen, ‘Transformations’ exhibition, Bankside Gallery London, June 2022.
The Worshipful company of Broderers’, The Broderers’ exhibition, Bankside Gallery London, February 2022.
Chaiya Art Awards, Impact,
online exhibition during Covid – 15th June – 30 Sept 2020.
Harley Gallery, Open Exhibition – 19th Jan – 24th March 2019.
Chaiya Art Awards, ‘Where is God in our 21st Century’, OXO Tower London, 29th March – 8th April 2018, Bezalel award winner.

Recent Publications
Uppercase Magazine (Canadian magazine for design and illustration) – my piece of work about the pandemic, ‘inhale/exhale’, was featured in issue 50, July 2021. (Intersection between art and science edition).
Uppercase Magazine, inclusion in the Surface Pattern Design Guide, in issue 49, April 2021.
Inclusion in the Chaiya Art Awards book, ‘Where is God in our 21st Century World?’ Published 2018.

Instagram: @elisabeth.rutt
Facebook: @elisabethruttstitchedtextiles
Twitter: @ruthelisa
Website: www.elisabethrutt.co.uk

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