My work continues to explore an art (craft) often associated with a feminine tradition, with the use of hand-stitched household textiles. This is then combined with images from contemporary popular culture to highlight issues faced by women; particularly the airbrushed and unreal imagery that encourages women to starve, cut and stitch themselves to physical perfection making them objects to be looked at rather than active individuals and intelligent contributors to culture and meaning in society.
By using the personal with the public, I wish to investigate personal experiences and feelings about woman and motherhood versus public notions and explore the way women are portrayed visually. By playing with public images of women and cutting and stitching them together in a different way I hope to say something new, creating alternative narratives, and hopefully raising questions.
More recent work is beginning to look at the role of text - and current work whilst studying for my MA in Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art (2010-2012), I am exploring the position of fairy tales and stories within my work.
By using the personal with the public, I wish to investigate personal experiences and feelings about woman and motherhood versus public notions and explore the way women are portrayed visually. By playing with public images of women and cutting and stitching them together in a different way I hope to say something new, creating alternative narratives, and hopefully raising questions.
More recent work is beginning to look at the role of text - and current work whilst studying for my MA in Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art (2010-2012), I am exploring the position of fairy tales and stories within my work.