eleanor godfrey is a multidisciplinary textile artist based in manchester, greater manchester & derbyshire. with a focus on weave, my studies look into on how textiles can be used within the community to benefit wellbeing, as well as how the textiles industry has historically affected communities.

alongside my studies, i have facilitated textiles workshops with various groups of people of different ages and backgrounds.

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Mindful Making Workshop at Manchester Metropolitan University's Student Union. I worked as a workshop facilitator and helped students create woven bookmarks. The aim was for students to escape the hectic-ness of the Fresher's Fair and focus on crafts
Ice Cream Cushions! Maybe one day these will be for sale... (2024)
Floral pattern woven on a Harris Loom using Scotweave inspired by the amazing Fletcher Moss Gardens in Didsbury, Manchester. I have found that I am quite drawn to floral motifs- I feel that they repeat really nicely in woven structures. I also find t
In process weaving my ice cream pattern. I made this using scotweave & 'extra weft' technique. (2024)
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A tactile piece of weaving- created on a circular hand loom and stuffed with discarded yarns. This piece was part of a collection in response to a live brief in collaboration with the RNIB. The aim was to create textiles which was inclusive to those
Woven samples displayed outside the manor house at Lyme Park, Disley. The patterns were inspired by (and my own interpretation of) the interiors of the house itself. As my project was focusing on the arts & crafts and Romantic era, the flowers depict
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My work-in-progress desk from the RNIB project. Lots of blue... lots of textures... lots of indigo dye & denim! (2023)
Attempting to do some Passementerie weaving. This was made on a piece of cardboard. (2023)
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Starting a student off on a woven bookmark for the 'Mindful Making' Workshop. (2024)
Another image of my Lyme Park / Alfred, Lord Tennyson project. 'On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye...' '...The yellow-leaved waterlily The green-sheathed daffodilly Tremble in the water chilly Round about Shalott.' H
Yarn wraps but this time DENIM! I wanted to add another layer of texture to these yarn wraps so that they were more tactile and there was more to experience for members of the RNIB. It just happens to look quite good too ;) . (2023)
Another colour variant of my cardboard Passementerie weaving. (2023)
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