I am a 2020 First Class Graduate from London Metropolitan University, where I studied Textile Design specialising in weaving. Learning how to construct textiles allowed me to dive into depth of the sourcing and production of fibres; this began my passion of ethical, reused, and biodegradable fibres and dyes.
I try to prevent textile waste by holding onto broken things, and re-imagining new futures for them through darning. I love observing the full journey of the fabric: its birth on the loom, to its story that evolves through repair. In my artworks I have played around with speeding up and distorting the lifecycle of destruction and reconstruction.
To give me a clear direction within my projects, I find wider connections that are meaningful to me, which intertwine with the visual subject matter. Themes such as: destruction, periphery, or permanence, provide a lens for me to find connections between an object, and its wider context in my life.
I am based in Essex and open to any full-time opportunities as of June 2022. I am eager to build on my experience of the ethical fashion industry and it is important to me that I work with the right company, to move towards a better future. I am enthusiastic, thorough and flexible, seeking a full-time position where I can expand my knowledge of design development and manufacturing processes, as well as the wider ethical fashion business structure and strategy.
My Final Major Project, Space Matters is a project inspired by gravestones that have weathered and been eroded by lichen.
I am inspired by the concept of change; the gravestones may seem to be degrading but they are changing and evolving.
The gravestone is a space that is fought for by lichen, overlapping and competing with one another.
Similarly to the lichen, grave spaces are sought after by people, as there is limited space for everyone to occupy a grave in future.
I applied these themes of degrading, growing, changing and occupying space to my woven textile art.
Areas of my woven drawings have been constructed from raw wool, then distressed and finally darned, exploring ideas of permanence and evolving life.
Throughout my work, I aim to create pieces that are comforting during moments of worry and sadness.
I believe that the tactility of the woven fabric gently reminds the user of their physical sensations, allowing them to focus on the present and find calm.
Ultimately, my woven drawings represent the comfort of growth and new life.
This project was an exploration of the idea of reality in a time of turbulence and instability.
The subject matter was my hands and feet which offered familiarity. My photography and paintings view my limbs through a distorted, fantastical lens.
The ceramic and painted artworks were an exploration of my friendship with curved formations and free flowing line, which I had not explored in a long time.
In my final outcome, I explored the concept of an enclosed, safe-space for mental wellbeing.
“This in-home tent is a mental ‘get-away’ for relaxation when it all gets too much. Sit and enjoy the colours with some classical music and soft lights to meditate.
(The product can be easily be hung up from small screw-hooks in ceilings and walls.)”
Constant Contact is a project centred around the therapeutic benefits of touch and play.
Inspired by lichen, which grows only in unpolluted environments, the rug is designed to be a space of reflection and calmness.
The woven element and the smaller handstitched forms can be moved and stuck in different places, to inspire the user to interact with it, as a form of therapy.
The interactivity of the piece comments on the adaptability of life. I was hugely inspired by sensory rooms and my own experiences of how tactile sensations can be healing.
