My work explores the relationship between what is seen and what lies beneath. Through hand stitch, sublimation printing and cold wax, I work with layered materials to reveal, obscure and reconnect the marks created on both sides of the fabric.
My practice begins with hand stitch and a curiosity about what happens beyond the visible surface of the fabric. I am particularly interested in the relationship between the front and reverse of embroidery-between the marks I have intended to make and those that emerge unseen.
Through photography, sublimation printing and layered textiles, I bring these hidden structures back to the surface, allowing different marks, images and materials to overlap and interact. The process creates new relationships between what was intended and what has emerged by chance.
With a background in Textile Design, art education and Therapeutic Arts, my practice is grounded in close observation, material exploration and an interest in what can be discovered through the process of making.
