Anne Elise – Angas Social Flux

In each place we visit we create memories and leave our marks for others to read. Marks which symbolize a layering of both current and past experiences. In her work Anne-Elise explores the designs and motifs that reflect

the traditional and contemporary feel of a place. She draws inspiration from historical crafts and design, whilst also incorporating contemporary street art. She is driven to experiment with the tactile and evocative elements of textiles to communicate a message and is drawn to old walls and buildings that reflect an overlap of time. The walls of Brick Lane, covered in old and new vandalized posters. Abandoned rooms

or buildings with vintage torn wallpaper, height charts scrawled on the back of doors and peeling paint.

Anne-Elise is constantly driven to communicate the tactile and reminiscent elements of these places through her work. Although her work is predominantly about the tactile evocative qualities of the weave, she is also drawn

to telling a modern story with a traditional technique. Tapestry weaving is often associated with expensive handwoven wall hangings made for the rich and the wealthy. However, it is a slow meticulous art form that has provided her time to manipulate the weave and rebel against such notions. Translating the impermanent and lawless brush strokes of the graffiti artist into the long-established art form of tapestry. Textiles can summon memories of a place or time, whilst also providing a platform for questions to be asked about our society.