The article analyzes the creative practices of the well-known Russian textile artist and teacher Elizaveta Yuryevna Manerova, who lives and works in Yekaterinburg. As one of the founders of the Ural textile school, she plays an important role in the artistic and educational environment of the city. Special attention in the text is paid to the origins and conditions of the formation of the artist's creative personality in the 1970s and 1980s, the nature of the figurative structure of her textile series and individual works created in various techniques in the 1990s and 2010s. The influence of materials and technologies used by Elizaveta Manerova on the visual features of her paintings and textile works is specially noted. Consideration is given to her pedagogical activity, experiences in organizing art exhibitions, in particular, the Ural Triennial of Decorative Art (2016-2019), which is significant for the development of Russian art culture.