Works in Paper, Linen and Cotton (2025)

In the summer of 2024, I was invited by Ann Symes of Gallery 57 to create a public weaving performance. This project evolved into Phase Weave, a body of contemporary textile art inspired by the minimalist rhythms of Steve Reich’s music.

Working with Japanese cotton paper yarns in deep blue and red, I explored how colour can hold memory. The blend of hues recalled my childhood home—blue Bic biros scattered for study, and red pens used by my father, a dedicated teacher. These threads of memory became woven into the work.

Weaving with Japanese Gima Yarn

For more than ten years, I have worked with Japanese Gima yarn, developing a practice that treats weaving as a kind of written language. Living with dyslexia and numerical challenges, I find weaving offers a form of expression beyond words.

This approach shaped my Glyphs and Loops series, part of Constellations shown at the Saatchi Gallery in 2019. Each woven mark reflected rhythm, repetition, and the translation of thought into textile form.

Cumbrian Inspiration

As a Cumbrian born textile artist, the landscapes and materials of my home county continue to inspire me. Recently, I began sketching weaving patterns in blue and red ink, which led me to source locally made Cumbrian paper and pencils.

The act of weaving feels closely tied to the gesture of writing—the bite of pencil on paper mirrors the passage of yarn through the loom. Both offer focus, flow, and a meditative rhythm that grounds my practice.