Ellen’s quilted textiles can be hung on a wall or draped around the body. Blocks of cotton and linen fabrics form bold, colourful patterns, punctuated by hand stitched lines to create rhythmic texture. Modernist influences are made softer: grids are loose, lines deviate, geometry ripples.

Collaging together fabrics she collects and repurposes, including picked-apart clothing, her quilts contain their materials’ histories.

Sitting between abstract art and functional design, Ellen’s work questions the idea that quilting and hand sewing belong only in domestic space, and through their laborious making, draw parallels with women’s often hidden labours.

Framings, cotton and linen, approx 40 x 30cm