About
I was born and raised in south London and I live in west Wales.
Artist Statement
I am interested in the transfer or projection of identity from people to their possessions and their spaces, the idea of the 'ghost'; the way in which an object can be both infused with identity and subsume identity. There comes a point where the distinction between the object and the user becomes unclear. In my own recent work I try to find and express the essential poetry of this relationship.
In
recent work I have become interested in re-inventing objects and fabrics to
reflect this idea. I use vintage and used fabrics to wrap, cover and reinvent
domestic objects to draw attention to their personal and cultural
significance. In the process, they
become useless; obsolete as functional objects and begin to exist as symbols of
themselves. On a personal level, the processes of tearing, stitching, wrapping
and reinventing serve to articulate my own ever-present ghosts.
I am interested in the vernacular traditions of re-using and recycling, objects changing their function and their shape, clothes being passed on and altered, changing their form but retaining their memories - this was a firm part of my childhood household; newly pertinent in the current climate of 'austerity'.