Jo Elbourne has been making taut and layered textile works since 2015. Her pared-down practice explores – both literally and figuratively – the notion of managing tension, and plays with the possibilities of line and colour whilst using a singular material and a simple yet exacting technique.
Elbourne creates the surface of each piece in iterative movements – an absorbing back-and-forth – wrapping cord row by row to form considered asymmetric arrangements and intersecting pathways. Despite the apparent constraints of working only along parallel and perpendicular lines, the method yields images of subtle depth, reading as blocks of abstraction and at the same time inviting the viewer to consider the cord’s journey around the frame as a narrative in itself.
Jo Elbourne has been making taut and layered textile works since 2015. Her pared-down practice explores – both literally and figuratively – the notion of managing tension, and plays with the possibilities of line and colour whilst using a singular material and a simple yet exacting technique.
Elbourne creates the surface of each piece in iterative movements – an absorbing back-and-forth – wrapping cord row by row to form considered asymmetric arrangements and intersecting pathways. Despite the apparent constraints of working only along parallel and perpendicular lines, the method yields images of subtle depth, reading as blocks of abstraction and at the same time inviting the viewer to consider the cord’s journey around the frame as a narrative in itself.
