I have lived in East London nearly all my life. After initially studying anthropology, I have spent most of my working life helping organisations and people navigate change, building connection, capability and the conditions for transition. All of these lived experiences inform my practice.
I came to textile arts relatively late and work exclusively by hand, using reclaimed fabrics. My practice centres on relationships with place, community and history, developing artefacts that invite and stimulate conversation on subjects such as repair, renewal, change and our personal connection to history and environment.
I’m interested in textiles as an ancient technology and the way they support and express our common humanity through diverse, intricate and labour-intensive processes. That a piece of cloth can carry memory, hold meaning, and absorb a community’s history is something I find endlessly worth exploring. My earlier education and work in organisations informs how I approach an inquiry: through relationship, experimentation and doing.
Working mostly with reclaimed cloth, embroidery, quilting and natural dye, my practice centres on making artefacts that invite touch, and provoke dialogue, while retaining the sensory life of previous use. I use photography, writing, conversation, and mapping and walking as other methods of research and development.
