Crafts CouncilDirectoryElena SparkeThe 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.AboutThis body of work marked emergence of book form in my textile practice. Discoveries made, reinforced enormity of language for my psyche, becoming poetically codified through research and critical articulation of studio outcomes harmoniously arriving to examination of cloth as text, in fact the oldest way of communication predating alphabets. Interrogated themes of becoming, unravelling, heritage, creative passion, resilience are steeped in glorious hues of global cultural tradition. Elena SparkeFarnham, EnglandThe Book of Becoming Assemblage (2020/2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Books AssemblagePoesia (2020), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureRoots (2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureFire Within (2020), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureWonder (2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureThe 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.AboutThis body of work marked emergence of book form in my textile practice. Discoveries made, reinforced enormity of language for my psyche, becoming poetically codified through research and critical articulation of studio outcomes harmoniously arriving to examination of cloth as text, in fact the oldest way of communication predating alphabets. Interrogated themes of becoming, unravelling, heritage, creative passion, resilience are steeped in glorious hues of global cultural tradition. Elena SparkeFarnham, EnglandThe Book of Becoming Assemblage (2020/2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Books AssemblageFire Within (2020), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculpturePoesia (2020), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureWonder (2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureRoots (2021), Image Copyright © Matthew Burch Photography Textile Artist Book SculptureMore from Elena SparkeProjectArchaeologies 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'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