Crafts CouncilDirectoryElena Sparke'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023)AboutCreative potential and the dichotomy of insomnia is painfully familiar to many artists. Arboreal nocturnal mystery, the silver of the moonlight – a subtle metaphor of reflection and revelation within this liminal realm. Complex inspirations reference Japanese woodblock, Edo period folding screens, melancholic, visually and intellectually arresting cinema of Tarkovsky and the values of Ruskin’s oeuvre. Hidden labour and the beauty of handcrafting form a unique language and versatile applications.Elena SparkeFarnham, England'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023), © Matthew Burch PhotographyHandwoven silk/linen, antique linen lace, hand-applied Japanese Indigo and other natural dyes and inks, wax resist, 79 x 300 cm, weight 400 g. Handmade.'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023), © Matthew Burch PhotographyHandwoven silk/linen, antique linen lace, hand-applied Japanese Indigo and other natural dyes and inks, wax resist, 79 x 300 cm, weight 400 g. Handmade.'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023)AboutCreative potential and the dichotomy of insomnia is painfully familiar to many artists. Arboreal nocturnal mystery, the silver of the moonlight – a subtle metaphor of reflection and revelation within this liminal realm. Complex inspirations reference Japanese woodblock, Edo period folding screens, melancholic, visually and intellectually arresting cinema of Tarkovsky and the values of Ruskin’s oeuvre. Hidden labour and the beauty of handcrafting form a unique language and versatile applications.Elena SparkeFarnham, England'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023), © Matthew Burch PhotographyHandwoven silk/linen, antique linen lace, hand-applied Japanese Indigo and other natural dyes and inks, wax resist, 79 x 300 cm, weight 400 g. Handmade.'Insomnia' Wearable Art Cloth (2023), © Matthew Burch PhotographyHandwoven silk/linen, antique linen lace, hand-applied Japanese Indigo and other natural dyes and inks, wax resist, 79 x 300 cm, weight 400 g. Handmade.More 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.ProjectArchaeologies Installation: 6 textile sculptures Sumi, Nabrosok, Terra, Aurum, Inle, Voices (2021)ProjectRose Perpetual (2022)Project'The Last Book' and 'The Book of All' (2022/23). Project'Deeper than Language' (2024), Two Textile Artist BooksProject‘Tapestries of Time: Verdure Reimagined’ (2024), four narrative textile relief panels