Crafts CouncilDirectoryElena SparkeArchaeologies Installation: 6 textile sculptures Sumi, Nabrosok, Terra, Aurum, Inle, Voices (2021)AboutCulminating 6 months of impassioned work this is a tactile exploration of identity choreographed into a notional path of hope, continuity. Juxtaposing finesse and complexity with raw nature creates ancient tension, both new and evocative. Asemic quality invites the viewer to reflect, thus completing my work. Timeless beauty of cloth, book’s symbolism as vessel of knowledge at once reveal and conceal. Resulting momentum poetically alludes to life's journey, constructing whole from fragmentation.Elena SparkeFarnham, EnglandArchaeologies Installation (2021), Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Six Textile Artist Book Sculptures (Sumi, Nabrosok, Terra, Aurum, Inle, Voices) displayed on ascending acrylic plinthsTerra, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureInle, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureSumi , Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Artist Book Textile SculptureAurum, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureArchaeologies Installation: 6 textile sculptures Sumi, Nabrosok, Terra, Aurum, Inle, Voices (2021)AboutCulminating 6 months of impassioned work this is a tactile exploration of identity choreographed into a notional path of hope, continuity. Juxtaposing finesse and complexity with raw nature creates ancient tension, both new and evocative. Asemic quality invites the viewer to reflect, thus completing my work. Timeless beauty of cloth, book’s symbolism as vessel of knowledge at once reveal and conceal. Resulting momentum poetically alludes to life's journey, constructing whole from fragmentation.Elena SparkeFarnham, EnglandArchaeologies Installation (2021), Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Six Textile Artist Book Sculptures (Sumi, Nabrosok, Terra, Aurum, Inle, Voices) displayed on ascending acrylic plinthsSumi , Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Artist Book Textile SculptureTerra, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureAurum, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureInle, Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureMore from Elena SparkeProjectThe Book of Becoming (2020/2021) Assemblage of 6 textile book-sculptures: Roots, Fire Within, Manuscripts don’t Burn, Wonder, Tabula Rasa & Rosa Muse-Bookmark, Poesia.ProjectRose Perpetual (2022)Project'The Last Book' and 'The Book of All' (2022/23). Project'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023)Project'Deeper than Language' (2024), Two Textile Artist BooksProject‘Tapestries of Time: Verdure Reimagined’ (2024), four narrative textile relief panels