I make graphite drawings which are usually figurative, detailed and specific. And I make textiles using felted wool fibre which are abstract, colourful and immersive.

The two parts of my practice emerge from different ways of expressing my reaction to places and experiences in my everyday life. My drawing process tends to the rational and thoughtful, noticing elements of the everyday and the beauty and wonder found there. My textile practice is more emotional and embodied, transforming individual wool fibres into a new material with its own character though constructing and reconstructing. 

The two practices are intertwined in a dialogue that reflects my interest in the story of the self: how we construct our idea of who we are and the role of memory and of forgetting. In our narratives, we bring together thought and feeling, like the meshing of fibres and marks; and in the gaps created by forgetting we make room for re-interpretation and re-imagining. This produces multiple narratives, reflecting my experiences as a twin, showing what we experience in common and what we hold that is our unique contribution to the world.

My practices are also linked by the theme of rediscovery, re-connecting me with my study of Classics and Greek Archaeology, a subject area defined by loss, recovery and re-discovery. Even as a child I was fascinated by the idea that you could reconstruct something from silent fragments, often of everyday items. 

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