Holding the Space
An exploration of absence, grief and loss through handmade textile objects, performance, and photography
Cast Off
Materials: Inkjet print mounted on Dibond
Dimensions: 900 x 600 mm
Materials: Inkjet print mounted on Dibond
Dimensions: 900 x 600 mm
This project uses handmade craft practices, performance, and photography to explore the emotional experiences of absence, loss, and grief. Stitching, quilting, knitting, and crochet are used to make embodied wearable objects, to convey emotions that result from being estranged from a loved one. Methodologies that prioritise feeling and listening are employed during the making process, positioning this project within a contemporary feminist political enquiry
See Me
Materials: Cotton, cardboard from house moving box
Dimensions: 420 x 300 mm
Materials: Cotton, cardboard from house moving box
Dimensions: 420 x 300 mm
See Me: Wearable Sleeping Bag
Materials: Recycled blanket, cotton fabric, synthetic wadding
Technique: Padded and quilted, hand-stitched, and machine-stitched text
Dimensions: from shoulder to bottom hem approx. 1250 mm
Materials: Recycled blanket, cotton fabric, synthetic wadding
Technique: Padded and quilted, hand-stitched, and machine-stitched text
Dimensions: from shoulder to bottom hem approx. 1250 mm
In Your Place
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450mm
Sit In
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 700 x 450 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 700 x 450 mm
Shame mask (Cemetery Flowers)
Materials: Cotton, found fabric flowers
Dimensions: Variable
Materials: Cotton, found fabric flowers
Dimensions: Variable
Shame mask (Red)
Materials: Acrylic wool
Dimensions: Variable
Materials: Acrylic wool
Dimensions: Variable

Performance #1 - #3
Material: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 250 x 250mm each
Material: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 250 x 250mm each
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On Longing Journal
Materials: Online Flip Book Journal
Dimensions: 210 x 297 mm
Best viewed in full screen
On Longing Journal
Materials: Online Flip Book Journal
Dimensions: 210 x 297 mm
Longing Takes Over #1
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Longing Takes Over #2 (Inside Out)
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Longing Takes Over #3
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm
Longing Takes Over #4
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Longing Takes Over #5
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Longing Takes Over #6
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm
Artworks produced during my Master of Fine Arts 2020