About Me

Artist Specialising in Textiles, Sculptures and Land Art

Using natural materials and traditional, meditative processes to reconnect with nature, I promote a slow, sustainable, anti-consumerist practice that crosses contemporary art and craft.

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My practice engages in a reciprocal relationship with nature; to be restored by nature and to restore her. I mostly create textiles by processing and naturally dyeing wool with foraged plants, but I also create sculptures that help people interact and reconnect to the earth and themselves. Spaces to reflect, meditate and be restored.

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Reconnecting to the earth with a feminine sensibility, I explore a feminine connection to nature, not the female. Delving into shared themes between women and the earth; cycles, impermanence, pain, pleasure, sexuality, sanctity, wildness and interconnectedness. Societal oppressions are also interwoven in my work meaning it defies categories of body, gender, history and time.

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I look at historical mythologies and spirituality in symbiosis with the earth, not in deities. Mythology and folklore are stories of indigenous wisdom; they are stories about the culture of nature. We have become disconnected from nature and forgotten this wisdom; reviving these stories will help bring us back in harmony with nature.

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The spiritual encompasses a feminine sensuality and understanding of surroundings; a union of spiritual and material. Foraging creates a personal connection to the materials and this locality creates a communication with the land and history. Using traditional crafts and techniques, and disrupting material gendered associations, forges a new understanding of the processes. 

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However, it’s not just the end result, the building process also offers the same principles…

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Using our hands to build brings us therapeutic and meditative benefits. Its primitive nature helps us tentatively engage with the earth and become physically connected. It also connects us to each other.

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It’s an interwoven process that brings wellbeing to individuals, the community and the earth.