I was invited to create a piece of work in celebration of two years of Amps Breakfast, an online gathering of creative practitioners based in and around Dundee. I’m not a morning person, and don’t feel especially bright at breakfast … Read More
Created as part of the Aural Textiles project, this work takes inspiration from the protection we attribute to physical rituals of movement, the garments we dress in and sense of confidence and intention in how we present ourselves outwardly. Working … Read More
How do we integrate new experiences into what we knew or were before? In my woven animation, stories of growth, encounter and change are expressed through line, in movements reminiscent of traditional country dances. About the textile In this fabric … Read More
This piece was inspired by the work of the Aural Textiles project and reflections on the experience of childhood. The design is based on a sound recording of my ten-year-old niece walking through piles of fallen leaves. The yarns are … Read More
This fabric was woven as part of the Aural Textiles research project. It is based on a recording of the sound of the waves lapping the rocks at Pittenweem in Fife. The yarns are naturally dyed with indigo and Persian … Read More
This silk evening wrap is inspired by the sight of my home city as night falls. Dundee sits on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland and the main approach from the south … Read More
November Rhythms I & II are individual pieces from my Jazz Festival collection; a celebration of the pleasures of listening to hot rhythms in a cold climate. The grey background takes its colour from natural yak fibre, which is soft … Read More
A beautifully iridescent design created for a commercial client from three plain colours of yarn.
