Elizabeth Loveday creates intricate narrative and decorative works by layering, dyeing, and hand-stitching fabrics of varying textures and ages. Beginning with linear drawings, her textile practice explores deeply humanistic themes such as parenthood, mental health, connection, and ritual. By drawing on characters from Cornish folktales and her own lived experience, her art acts as a compelling visual outlet that comments on the intimate intermingling of self and place.

Loveday studied Illustration at UWE, Bristol, and has exhibited across London, Bristol, Devon, and Cornwall for the past decade. Now working from a studio near Penzance, her recent accolades include a residency at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, an artwork commission for Hayle Heritage Museum, and leading workshops for The Newlyn School of Art.

“My decorative works can feel inviting, safe and wholesome until inspected more closely. By using nudity, dance and theatrical composition, I like to play with the viewer's expectation of craft and offset the labour intensive and embellished finish with absurdity, humour and vulnerability."