opening the workshop door - an interview with Peter Sheppard Skærved
On April 25th I took part in a hugely enjoyable onstage conversation about my work, and the creative process more generally, with...
artist residency, Doi Saket, Thailand
For the whole of January I’m benefitting from the opportunity to step out of my day-to-day life in London and to immerse myself in...
installation photo from Raw Materials: Textiles
Lea River Valley Dresses 1 and 2 installed in the Nunnery Gallery for the residency's end-of-project exhibition
sample book for Raw Materials: Textiles
A handmade stab-bound book with hand-printed book cloth and endpapers, containing 32 samples of paste resist-printed and dyed silk organza
finished work for Asia House: Japonisme in Design Practice - Translating Cross-Cultural Material Cul
A 2.5 metre hanging produced for the end-of-project conference and exhibition. There are more details here.
finished work for Raw Materials: Textiles residency at Bow Arts
For my statement from the exhibition catalogue, see here. For the exhibition press release see here.
work in development for Raw Materials: Textiles residency at Bow Arts
Information about this residency, which runs from November 2017 to April 2018, can be accessed here.
new work
Katazome textiles hand-printed with rice paste resist on peace silk
workshop photos
Further images from the Middlesex University katagami workshop...
katagami workshop
On May 18th, 19th and 20th I ran a stencil printing and indigo dyeing workshop at Middlesex University with a group of nine undergraduate...
new work
Hand stitching and gathers on hand-printed silk
new work
Silks hand-printed using techniques of traditonal Japanese katazome - paper stencils and rice paste resist
katagami in the art school
​I am currently carrying out practice-based research, funded by Arts Council England, with a team at the Museum of Domestic Design and...
affective materials: observing the benefits of slow making in an arts-for-health context
Between 2012 and 2015 I benefitted from an Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Award that allowed me to explore...