Elinor Hunter

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Elinor Hunter is currently studying a BA in Fine Art at the Birmingham School of Art. Her work is predominantly textile based, exploring ways of manipulating fabric with natural dyes, wax and salt, to create hand stitched or woven sculptures. She also explores ideas around spirituality and her own spiritual journey with in her work. Most recently, her practice has been inspired by the red Tent Movement and studies on how fabric can create a calm and mediative space. These ideas are prevalent throughout her work and her main aim in working with textiles is to create calming patchworks and sculptures. The female body is also a constant theme throughout her practice. She has undertaken ethical research speaking to other women about what empowers them as part of a women's circle meeting. This research culminated in several pieces of textile work on which she had printed her own body and mono printed sections of topics discussed with in the woman's circle meeting. The aim being to further understand how women can be empowered through ritual and art. The connection to the body is also continued through the use of hair and skin cells with in the work is a way of connecting the body to the textile and intertwines them with in the use of ritual. Nature is also very important with in her practice this is evident through her choice to use natural dyes rather than chemical dyes to create the soothing muted colour pallet seen throughout her practice.

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During her time as a student she has been involved in local exhibition and publication HyperStew, Centrala, Digbeth, 2019, Locked Down, online exhibition 2020, Publication Living In Corona Times, group Publication 2020, Oddballspace charity art auction 2020.