My Journal

The Power of the Unspoken“Your work is too beautiful to be rebellious.”I have thought about those words for a long time.Perhaps we have become accustomed to thinking that challenging art has to be loud. Bold. Shouty. Confrontational. That it has to announce itself so there is no mistaking what it...

Harley Open 2026One of my hand-stitched pieces will be included in the Harley Open 2026 at the Harley Gallery, this autumn.Made from salvaged black silk stitched onto found khadi cotton, the piece will be shown alongside 137 other works selected from more than 700 submissions.The Harley Open brings together artists...

Walking.Looking.A colour caught in a doorway.Red against grey stone.A faded sign.Worn steps.The pattern of a pavement.Something in a shop window.A chair left outside.Things not intended to be noticed.The city leaving pieces of itself behind.Collecting them without really knowing why.A shape.A texture.A colour combination.A photograph.Perhaps something that will find its way...

Woven from salvaged wool and silk, this piece explores the relationship between structure and absence.The cloth is woven at the top and bottom, while the centre remains open, a space where the weave comes to a pause.Rather than repairing the interruption, I have allowed the absence to become part of...

With thanks to TextileArtist for continuing to share my practice and for revisiting my artist interview.The conversation explores my ongoing relationship with cloth, repair and the slow, considered processes that sit at the heart of my work. We discuss my use of salvaged textiles, the histories held within worn materials...

weaving/ˈwiːvɪŋ/noun: weavingthe action of forming fabric by interlacing threads.The process feels both ancient and contemporary at the same time....

Last night's preview of the AA2A 30th Anniversary Exhibition at the University of Chester was a wonderful celebration of thirty years of supporting artists.Delighted to have two of my own pieces included amongst this remarkable collection.As I walked through the galleries, I found myself thinking about the value of access...

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven at the Whitworth. Beautifully curated, the exhibition brings together contemporary artists and historic textiles from Korea and India, creating thoughtful conversations around making, repair, labour, memory and the passing of knowledge through generations.As someone whose own practice is rooted in hand weaving, embroidery, repair...

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