ABOUT
My practice explores the relationships between people, nature, and ritual through tactile, process-based mediums such as printmaking, collage, and embroidery. Stories are an important part of the work I create as this is how I believe humans connect, to art, to the world and each other.
I use repetition and craft as a way of thinking through relationships between people, nature, and ritual, allowing ideas to emerge through making rather than being pre-determined.
My work mostly features organic forms that may shift between the microscopic and the monumental. Texture and materiality are central, with layered surfaces, stitch and print combining in multiple ways.
Rooted in slowness and repetition, the work I create explores how ritual may look in a contemporary, fragmented world. I’m drawn to the quiet repetition of handwork, where making becomes a way to reflect, remember and connect.
I have worked as a lecturer in art and design for over a decade and enjoy developing playful approaches for and with learners. I teach undergraduates, adult learners and community workshops.
I enjoy leading projects that encourage communal making. In these works, individual expressions are often gathered and transformed into collective pieces. My aim with these activities is to allow those involved to reflect on how we connect with each other and how individual narratives may become layered and evolve together.
