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almost talks to me and I instantly wet felting as well as lots of hand
see in my mind’s eye how I want my stitching and construction to put
final piece to look. It can be a everything together.
process of trial and error, but that I always find myself in love with the
is how we as artists learn. I feel my piece that I’m working on at the time,
plan of attack and methodology of but once that piece is finished, I then

working through building a piece get excited about my next project and
has gradually become as organic as how I can challenge myself by making
the nature I am seeking to something even more difficult and
replicate. I get as much joy from intricate. If you love what you are
watching a tiny bud of thread bloom making it always shows in your work.
into a flower in my hands as I do
watch the cycles of nature swirl My textile journey started in High
around me in our bayside paradise. School with sewing and art being
My work doesn’t seek to make photo my favourite subjects. I have always

perfect replicas, but rather capture been creative and have this constant
the fleeting soul of the life I see urge to make something. For many
before me. Sometimes that includes years I quilted both traditional and art
imperfections or even elements of quilts, I feel that this is what gave me
decay. a strong foundation in sewing. Later I
I use a lot of different techniques moved more towards freestyle
from machine sewing, freestyle machine embroidery- mainly faces as
machine embroidery on water I was a Hairdresser for thirty years
soluble fibre, applique, both dry and and faces felt familiar to me.