(b.1996), I grew up in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.
I studied BA Drawing and Printmaking at the University of the West of England in Bristol before moving to London to study MA Painting. Over time, my material research has shifted my attention away from painting to make room for a more ecologically mindful use of materials. Community based and collaborative projects are an important focus within my work.
Slow down
Long term thinking
Lean into decay
The inevitability of rot
Connective Tissue
Ravelling and unravelling
Sagging dimples
Puckered flesh
Pick your scabs
Repetitive rhythm
Ancient cycles
Bury your limbs
Microbial thinking
The roots of ancient alliance formed between algae and fungal microbes have woven stories through layers of earth and time. Whole temporal networks breathing and shifting through each new earthy scab of soil, sediment and rock. The microbial fabric from which we have evolved, are sustained and will eventually rot. Fusing and entangling of filaments, fibres and pulp – woven, felted, knotted together, cemented in biological and geological time.
My work responds to patterns, rhythm and order formed by intricate workings and relationships in our natural environment. My current research is rooted in microbial relationships, understanding them as connective tissue between mind, gut, flesh, soil, life and decay. My work looks at the inherent physicality, collaboration and ritual of traditional processes such as weaving, felting or paper making and how these can serve as a means of slowing down and realigning to natural rhythm and cycles. I am interested in what we can learn from these networks of threads, fibres, cells and spores - a process of picking apart, dissecting, reassembling, fusing, stitching together - in order to better understand, readjust and reimagine our relationship to material and matter.
Weaving springtime is a project run in collaboration with curator Mattie O'Callaghan with support from the Hoxton Trust. Held in the community garden, it encourages collaboration and conversation in this space and a consideration of our collective relationships to soil and ecologies. Using donated waste fabric - cut up and bundled into balls of yarn - we invited people from the community and anyone passing through the space to come and join us in weaving these through a giant loom strung between two trees.
The project also included repainting the community stage, which is frequently used for local events, performances and gatherings.
