Elizabeth Benson
Elizabeth Benson is a material-led sculptural artist based in North Wales. She works with ecological colour, natural fibres and controlled tension to create pieces shaped by slow, geological pressure. Introduced to natural dyeing at a young age, she works with an embodied understanding of ecological colour and material behaviour. Her practice grows from walking, gathering and plant-dyeing, allowing each piece to hold the palette and atmospheric weight of its landscape. She teaches natural dyeing and brushmaking, and has shown in a showcase at Ruthin Craft Centre, and a regional sculpture trail.
I work with ecological colour, natural fibres and controlled tension to create sculptural surfaces shaped by slow, geological pressure. My practice is grounded in walking, gathering, allowing each piece to carry the palette and conditions of its landscape. I’m drawn to the way fibre can behave like terrain, holding pressure, strain and quiet shifts beneath the surface, and I use these forces to build both wall based and three-dimensional forms. Surface Tension explores the moment where material, colour and structure meet, revealing how subtle forces accumulate and how quiet transformations become visible through time and touch.
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