Part of my ongoing research is exploring sustainability and finding new creative ways to repurpose and reuse debris netting to save this ubiquitous material going into yet more landfill. This involves testing different low and high tech textile methods and micro and macro scales. I have digitally quilted, hand sewn, sonically welded and used it […]
Published: 8th May 2023
Themes: colour crafts, embroidery handmade, health and well being quilt, recycle repurpose sustainable
Global Connections is my repurposed quilt for the British Textile Biennial. It was part of the 62 Group exhibition at the Whitaker Gallery, Rawtenstall running from Oct – Nov 2021. The quilt made by hand over six months incorporated cloth from over 20 countries and was made with local community groups in Rossendale and Manchester. […]
Published: 6th November 2021
Themes: crafts, embroidery engagement, exhibition global handmade, identity, quilt, recycle sustainable text
An exhibition took place over the summer celebrating flax grown locally on waste ground in Manchester and turned into cloth and yarn. Myself and some Textiles In Practice students experimented with the material using print, knit stitch and weave processes. A number of other artists and makers are also involved. The exhibition ends in Sept, […]
Published: 3rd November 2014
Themes: collaborative, crafts, exhibition recycle sustainable
Stitching Up Oxford Rd was a commission to create a collaborative artwork with and about Manchester Oxford Rd and involved working with groups and organisations based on this busy throughfare. The quilt was made from plastic bags collected on Oxford and “transformed” in workshops up and down Oxford Rd.
Published: 19th April 2011
Themes: collaborative, commission, consumerism quilt, recycle
A project in Ahmedabad India working with local artisans and craftspeople to explore new and sustainable ways of working.
Published: 1st September 2010
Themes: collaborative, handmade, recycle sustainable
A series of work and commissions made using and about a commonplace, and today political artifact, the plastic carrier bag.
Published: 30th July 2010
Themes: consumerism recycle sustainable
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