ABOUT
She studied an Art and Design Foundation year at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, and then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to study BA Theatre Practice: Puppetry in London, before continuing her studies as part of the 10th promotion at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France.
She is currently in compagnonnage with Compagnie Akselere, based in Caen (France).
Of Dutch origin, Laura was born in Germany and has lived in France, Canada and the U.K before finishing her studies in Charleville-Mézières (France) and moving to Brussels (Belgium), where she currently lives.
Laura Elands is a visual artist and puppeteer, combining both disciplines to create interdisciplinary performances.
She draws her inspiration from her natural surroundings, with a particular interest in the relationship between nature and the human body and mind.
laura.christine.elands@gmail.com
0032 (0)468 02 31 84
ABOUT
She studied an Art and Design Foundation year at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, and then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to study BA Theatre Practice: Puppetry in London, before continuing her studies as part of the 10th promotion at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France.
She is currently in compagnonnage with Compagnie Akselere, based in Caen (France).
Of Dutch origin, Laura was born in Germany and has lived in France, Canada and the U.K before finishing her studies in Charleville-Mézières (France) and moving to Brussels (Belgium), where she currently lives.
Laura Elands is a visual artist and puppeteer, combining both disciplines to create interdisciplinary performances.
She draws her inspiration from her natural surroundings, with a particular interest in the relationship between nature and the human body and mind.
laura.christine.elands@gmail.com
0032 (0)468 02 31 84
AME LAME
GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE
COMPAGNIE AKSELERE
© 2022 Théâtre de l'Heure Bleue
EXHIBITION
LAURA ELANDS : "THE ART OF PUPPETRY AND FELTED WOOL"
FROM 24th JUNE - 31st OCTOBER 2023
Private view : Saturday 24th June 2023 at 10am
Articles about the exhibition :
Grâce à Laura Elands, la marionnette et le feutre se rencontrent à Mouzon
Laura Elands expose au Musée du feutre à Mouzon
The Felt Museum in Mouzon is pleased to present an exhibition of the work of artist and puppeteer Laura Elands: The Art of Puppetry and Felted Wool. This exhibition celebrates several years of collaboration between the museum and the artist who creates puppetry performances by integrating figures and set design pieces made from a textile art approach, in particular felted wool.
Laura Elands was introduced to textile art during her secondary education in England and chose to pursue her studies in puppet theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and then at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnettes in Charleville-Mézières (France). In 2019 she created her own puppet theatre company, Théâtre de l'Heure Bleue, in Brussels, which became a means to express her artistic identity: a sensorial and plastic scenic language through a visual theatre approach incorporating puppetry figures and materials.
Her performances embody sensitivity and gentleness: her first Racines du Ciel deals with the theme of grief, and her second, N'être, the cycles of life. The latter will be performed in the program of the OFF Festival in September 2023 in Charleville-Mézières during the World Puppet Theatre Festival.
It was during a trip to Ireland that Laura discovered felt making after meeting an artist from Killarney, who introduced her to this technique, and with which she later experimented and developed her own approach to integrate this material into her shows. Her artistic process is rooted in a textile art approach, placing a particular interest in the expressive capacity textile art has to communicate feelings, emotions and sensations.
The exhibition of Laura Elands' work presented at the Felt Museum testifies to this artistic journey in both the world of puppetry and textile art, as well as her experimentation and research in her sketchbooks that closely resemble book art. A ten-minute documentary, available below awas created in collaboration with Patrick Argirakis and reveals her artistic process in more detail and reveals some excerpts of her performances.