In June I graduated from The Manchester School of Art with BA Hons Embroidery. This is me in front of one the pieces I exhibited. My work is primarily concerned with colour and its intense and volatile energy. I am a magpie, seeking out slithers of colour and shine. I use post-consumer waste such as plastic bottles and discarded plastic flotsam to create jewel-like objects from what may be seen as 'rubbish'. The transforming properties of light also inform the work, rendering plastic detritus gem-like.Though my materials are far removed from cloth and textiles, the techniques I employ are rooted in traditional Indian folk embroidery. Having learnt aari work and mirror work in India, I have adapted these stitches usually reserved for fine fabrics into decorative sculptural joining methods.
I aim to highlight the uneasy tension between preciousness and excess.
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