Dark Water is a piece that is intentionally very difficult to photograph. It only utilises light gleaned from the surface of graphite to illuminate the subjects and so changes depending on it\’s environment/conditions. The piece draws from the global crises we bear witness to. A reflection of this sense of unease; wading through muddied water […]
Dizygotic is an exploration of 2 different clays (porcelain & stoneware) thrown on the pottery wheel. They’re both made in 1 classic Korean form of the moon jar, but treated differently afterwards with the porcelain being cool toned with crystal glaze all over & the stoneware physically altered then glazed to mimic the warm wood […]
Conversations with Mother - 2024
Stripped used abundant plastic strapping that has been machine couched with thrift store thread and finally woven into a light wall hung sculptural piece. In the more tedious moments of the creative process it’s easy to let the critics take up rent in your head.
Abundant plastic strapping that has been stripped and knitted to create a wall or ceiling hung sculptural piece. The embellished crosses are machine couched strapping evoking memories of embroidery samplers stitched as a young girl.
Stripped plastic strapping knitted with thrift store cotton, stitched into a vessel shape of an imagined underwater barnacle animal that has evolved to process the abundant plastic littering our oceans into something useful….wouldn’t that be a marvellous thing?
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