Jo Elbourne makes taut and layered abstract compositions.

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In 2015, having spent over a decade as a clothing designer, Jo returned to the restorative process of making things by hand. Embarking on various experiments with fibres and fabrics and keen to create objects of use, the age-old craft of seat-weaving informed early works.

It was a small collection of furniture pieces presented at the 2017 London Design Festival which first garnered critical attention and brought an Elle Decoration British Design Award in the same year. 

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Though initially recognised for making functional pieces, Jo's focus has since turned towards the non-functional, testing her techniques and materials at scale and in three dimensions.

 

Jo lives and works on the Kentish coast in south east England. 

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Portrait by Kat Green at Resort Studios, Margate - 2018

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