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Urban faces, spaces and attitudes made permanent in wool. The sass of urban life balanced with the pace of needlepoint tapestry.
I’m inspired by the ephemeral and drawn to the mechanical nature of my textile arts practice. Within the repetition and toiling is a space that allows me to connect with my intuition and inspires me beyond the daily grind.
I’m saying that the colours and shapes from our streets empower our urban woman and give them sass and individuality. The repetition of the tapestry stitches echoes the pixels in digital work and is in line with the photographic term DPI (dots per inch)
Ironically street art is fast, contemporary and masculine. Tapestry is slow, traditional and feminine.
I wanted to break the rules of tradition using a traditional medium, it’s been about maximising and urbanising the needlepoint tapestry medium.