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These attributes, together
with her love of mark-making,
are the basis from which each
piece of work is created.
During her daily dog walk
Amanda scours the understorey
of the forest floor seeking
its hidden treasures,
photographing and collecting
fallen debris. Over time, she
has honed an inherent ability
to locate intriguing flora in
the most unexpected of
places. Back at the studio,
she ‘draws’ with the
sewing machine needle into a
dissolvable fabric, and by
building up layers of thread
creates a new fabric that she
moulds into textile copies of
the natural world. Machining
approximately 130,000
individual stitches a day,
Amanda’s creations are not
only a textile tour de force
but are educational,
highlighting the beauty and
diversity that exists in the
undergrowth. With a sense of
fun, each unique piece of
work is displayed in a
contemporary form of the
Victorian display case,
allowing the work to be
wall-hung and viewed from all
angles.
