Jean Draper: From conception to creation

In 2017, the UK Textile Study Group ran an exhibition called Dis/rupt. For this exhibition, Jean Draper made the installation ‘Forbidden’. This was a work depicting the destruction of one culture by another, stronger one. For the project, she explored the challenging subject of book burning and what it represents.

Jean Draper is a member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists and the UK Textile Study Group and has exhibited widely with both groups. Textile Study Group members are known for their innovative and challenging approaches. Her work is in public and private collections around the world and she has taught in the UK and abroad.

Jean is a previous National Chairman of the UK Embroiderers’ Guild. She has written two books, Stitch and Structure (Batsford 2013) and Stitch and Pattern (Batsford 2018).

In this article, read about how Jean created her work ‘Forbidden’. She shares how her work stems from long periods of research into a subject, which may include visits, drawing, photography and extensive sampling.