"Cloak of Leaves", 2024, Leaves and thread A public installation at Maidenhead Thicket – a tapestry made from fallen leaves from the local woods.

"Cloak of Leaves", 2024, Leaves and thread A public installation at Maidenhead Thicket – a tapestry made from fallen leaves from the local woods.

An ephemeral piece - reusing fallen leaves and giving them new life and purpose in a familiar environment in an unfamiliar way.

An ephemeral piece - reusing fallen leaves and giving them new life and purpose in a familiar environment in an unfamiliar way.

"A Silent Song", 2024, Textile and thread. An exploration of emotions kept unspoken, unseen and silent. These hands, demurely crossed, are a mask or a shield which hides the turmoil.

"A Silent Song", 2024, Textile and thread. An exploration of emotions kept unspoken, unseen and silent. These hands, demurely crossed, are a mask or a shield which hides the turmoil.

This soft sculpture acts as a perfect vehicle to convey the idea of women who feel the burden conformity - symbolised in these well-behaved hands hiding a silent song that haunts us all.

This soft sculpture acts as a perfect vehicle to convey the idea of women who feel the burden conformity - symbolised in these well-behaved hands hiding a silent song that haunts us all.

" The Story-Line - Remembered Journeys" 2024, Glassine paper and thread This is a piece about maps that reveal not destination but memory; personal memories of significant places, daily walks and distances travelled.

" The Story-Line - Remembered Journeys" 2024, Glassine paper and thread This is a piece about maps that reveal not destination but memory; personal memories of significant places, daily walks and distances travelled.

It is a narrative mapping of these important journeys that have become embedded in my life-story. These are not maps of geographical accuracy, rather they are maps made of feeling, experiences and reminiscence.

It is a narrative mapping of these important journeys that have become embedded in my life-story. These are not maps of geographical accuracy, rather they are maps made of feeling, experiences and reminiscence.

I was drawn to thread and sewing as a medium because the action of stitching: one stitch following another, felt like a mirror of the repeated steps taken on these daily journeys that have become potent memories.

I was drawn to thread and sewing as a medium because the action of stitching: one stitch following another, felt like a mirror of the repeated steps taken on these daily journeys that have become potent memories.

The viewer is invited to approach this piece like a map to be carefully and gently unfolded. Each sheet is held together with thread stitched into the fragile paper – pointing to the ephemeral nature of memory.

The viewer is invited to approach this piece like a map to be carefully and gently unfolded. Each sheet is held together with thread stitched into the fragile paper – pointing to the ephemeral nature of memory.

"By Invitation only - the Vagina Dentata", 2025. This work is inspired by a folktale present in multiple cultures from all over the world about the vagina dentata (toothed vagina).

"By Invitation only - the Vagina Dentata", 2025. This work is inspired by a folktale present in multiple cultures from all over the world about the vagina dentata (toothed vagina).

They are stories about women who usually have a demon, fish or evil spirt with teeth in their vaginas which will castrate men who try to attempt to have sex with these women.

They are stories about women who usually have a demon, fish or evil spirt with teeth in their vaginas which will castrate men who try to attempt to have sex with these women.

These are not pleasant stories - they are fuelled by a fear of women’s sexuality or this idea that a woman must be tamed/broken through sexual violence.

These are not pleasant stories - they are fuelled by a fear of women’s sexuality or this idea that a woman must be tamed/broken through sexual violence.

In this piece l created a mobile where I interrogate the idea of stories we tell children that colour the way they see and interact with the world.

In this piece l created a mobile where I interrogate the idea of stories we tell children that colour the way they see and interact with the world.

I also explore the reclamation of female power -where this story as a cautionary tale might be remade into one of female autonomy and choice.

I also explore the reclamation of female power -where this story as a cautionary tale might be remade into one of female autonomy and choice.