Having lived most of her life by the sea and currently living on the waterfront of Essex fishing village, Wivenhoe, junkshop scavenging and shoreline collecting is a way of life.
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In works such as 'The Shipping Forecast', reappropriated objects are transformed into quirky characters and housed in their own uniquely personal settings.
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Currently creating dioramas, or 'Theatres of Thought', these assemblages of everyday archaeologies afford the viewer glimpses of stories or notions, hidden amongst layers of ephemera.
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The Makedoandmend Suitcase, commisioned for Firstsite Contemporary Art Gallery. Art Reflecting Citizenship. Play 'Makedoandmend' online now...
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Earlier textile works incorporate photographs and text, and fragments of cloth are blended and collaged. Textile keepsakes are hand stitched, combining printed imagery and worn fragments rescued from old clothes and domestic linens.
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The authenticity of objects and materials is of key significance. Items are carefully selected with meaning and purpose and suggested narratives spontaneously born.
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Regularly working with museums, galleries and schools, producing public art commissions, educational resources and workshops.
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Forthcoming exhibitions and projects...
2012
'Theatres of Thought' Colchester Minories (November 2012)
2013
Summer Exhibition, Southwold (July 2013)