Stitching Up Oxford Rd. 2009. A banner made with and from plastic carrier bags on Manchester Oxford Rd. Collection of the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester.
Textiles have a long history of repair and repurposing both in quilts, cloth and clothing. My work looks at ways to repurpose and use materials more sustainably. Stitching Up Oxford (2009) was one of my first commissions using plastic carrier bags as the material. This colourful quilt was made with communities on Oxford Rd, Manchester. More recent initiatives have looked at ways to reuse debris netting, a ubiquitous material found on building sites worldwide.
Global Connections. 2021. A large textile made from recycled and donated cotton fabric from around the world. The artwork contains over 1000 Suffolk puffs, circles of coloured cloth gathered and turned into decorative motifs. Collection of the artist.2024, Oldham Library workshop.
Global Connections is a repurposed quilt created for the British Textile Biennial, exhibited at the Whitaker Gallery in Rawtenstall (Oct-Nov 2021). Made from over 1200 fabric circles, the quilt incorporates materials from 20 countries, crafted with local community groups in Rossendale and Manchester. It celebrates the global connectivity of cloth.
My Safety Net project aimed to raise awareness about mental health in the construction industry. Featuring large-scale banners in Manchester and Salford, the installation, created with young people from 42 Street and Manchester School of Art students, highlights the sector’s mental health crisis, urging reflection and action.
A few images from the opening of my exhibition, Connecting Threads, at Fashion Textile Museum, London, 2025.
Global Connections is a repurposed quilt created for the British Textile Biennial, exhibited at the Whitaker Gallery in Rawtenstall (Oct-Nov 2021). Made from over 1200 fabric circles, the quilt incorporates materials from 20 countries, crafted with local community groups in Rossendale and Manchester. It celebrates the global connectivity of cloth.
My Safety Net project aimed to raise awareness about mental health in the construction industry. Featuring large-scale banners in Manchester and Salford, the installation, created with young people from 42 Street and Manchester School of Art students, highlights the sector’s mental health crisis, urging reflection and action.