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Studio Work

With a background in studio craft, fine art and theatrical costuming, my work explores the power of garments, hand tools and traditional hand processes.

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Sweetness of the Work

SALT ENCRUSTED TOOLS OF THE TRADE

sweat | labour | tears 

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a gentle meditation on the loss of traditional hand skills

Ceremony

Hand embroidered and smocked paper Christening Gowns.

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Stones in Her Pockets

Gathered stones wrapped in strip straw, like bandages, honouring memories of landscapes now changed. I connect this work with Virginia Woolf’s expression “stones in my pockets” ...

After the Icon

After the Icon first began in celebration of what I had mistakenly believed to be a boastful Canadian identifer, became instead a collection chronicling a much darker personal transformation.

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Wallflowers

Transformed garments and clothing forms reveal their underlying stories and memories. Made out of Japanese gampi paper, the iconic shapes of suit jackets, vests and shirts trigger recollections of events filled with expectation and loss.

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