My current practice is an evolving dialogue with process and materials. Making and doing are fundamental. What interests me is the quiet moments in a day, the gaps between breaths, an unobvious mark and silences.
The simultaneous stories from my life as a mother, woman, partner and friend weave intricate complexities into the work.
Feeding from the words of John Dewey - I learn by doing. Drawing on the song of my existance my recent work reflects on a year long study and exploration of breath, sound and stillness, through stitch and audio work.
I have termed this work the study of The something of nothing. In the search for stillness traces of my being are recorded in audio and then in stitch. The stitches echo sounds made through repeated acts of daily life, and the seemingly small events, rituals and rhythms which mark the passage of time. Stitching onto or into paper creates a notation, or Listening drawing; the sound informs the stitch which again informs another sound.
Present questions are fuelling the work forward: Is there such thing as silence? Is there ever nothing? Is there always something?
Current projects culminate in ambiguous and ephemeral Installations. Future projects will include book works - capturing moments of the process, which will bridge the gap between work and audience.
It is my aim to sustain a deep level of enquiry, generating ideas and research conversations which readdress my developing methodologies and working processes.
