died in Ditchling Common in 1952 and she was buried in Brighton, at St Nicholas' churchyard. Mairet influenced a generation of weavers. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography quotes the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada who called Mairet "the mother of English hand-weaving". Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft exhibits artifacts related to Mairet and other artists who worked locally. She is the subject of a biography, A Weaver's Life: Ethel Mairet. The Ethel Mairet archive is housed at the Crafts Study Centre. It includes documents and memorabilia from 1872–1952. Personal documents, travel journals 1910–1938. business and personal letters, books of account and photographs are included and are still a subject of academic study. Published works References External links 1872 births 1952 deaths Artists from Barnstaple British weavers 20th-century women textile artists 20th-century textile artists 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music