An Artist Residency at Inglewood Arts Hub from July to December 2024, provided an opportunity to create gouache paintings influenced by the local environment and digitally print some designs onto cotton textiles in Western Australia
large and small repeat digitally printed on Cotton Sateen, 147cm, 145gsm
The Place Between Graduate Fashion Collection 2022
“My collection exists as a reflection of my identity as a person who has lived half a life in two opposite hemispheres. Garments evoke a feeling of belonging to both places with the impossibility of knowing just one. Textiles from one place are eco-dyed and printed with leaves from another; stitching as embellishment reveals and connects motifs from both. The shell-like habitat of the garments allows freedom of movement for walking, with pockets for carrying precious gleaned fragments for creative purposes, enabling the garments to become part of the landscape whilst implying the personality of the wearer. Silhouettes may reference birds and evoke the feeling of freedom and connection to the environment. Concern for our growing disconnection from the natural world, and an awareness of sustainability informs both choice of cloth and dyeing techniques“
Photo Shoot at Guildford, Western Australia with Photographer Eloise Levis
Studio Photo Shoot at Edith Cowan University, Stephen Heath Photography
