Sustainability is at the heart of my process-led practice. Establishing my allotment plot as a source of materials for my work has provided a space where I can experiment, exploring the potential of what grows there, planted and wild, as well as other materials found on the plot. Using my textiles-based skill set and techniques borrowed from soft basketry. I make small sculptural pieces, bringing different materials together to form intimate tactile surfaces and structures.
- Focus:
- Working with found, gathered and grown materials
- CV:
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- Commissions:
- Available for commissions
- Stockists:
Wild Textiles
1st September 2022
'Wild Textiles: Grown, Foraged, Found' published by Batsford is now available.
Vessel
until 30th October
Vessel investigates the form and function of vessels through 2D and 3D visual art & craft, events and discussion.
The Conceptual Stitch
3rd November to 18th December 2022
Concord Centre for the Visual Arts
The desire to take an ethical approach drove a shift from using conventional materials into exploring found objects, gathered materials and natural processes. My materials are gathered and processed seasonally and are hard-won: There may only be a small batch of each type of usable material each year. As a result, each bundle of dandelion stems, bramble fibre or hand processed flax is enormously precious by its scarcity and the meaning attached to it through its sourcing and hand-processing.