The core of my practice is an exploration and celebration of the human form, working across sculpture, photography and performance, delving into its anatomical properties with exaggerated flesh and limbs, harnessing the tactile quality of fabric. It is a fascination with how we are all composed internally of things that we have no understanding or concept of, that intrigues me. My work is a physical rendering of those things invisible and internal, making them external and tangible.  

Growing up with a medical family meant the body was something quite matter of fact and not to be shied away from, this was followed by a formative experience that awoke my curiosity further at the historic exhibition Body Worlds by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, of real anatomical bodies.  

The forms are made from hand-dyed jersey, the fabrics separated into various hues of pink, ochre, yellow, and orange. Then they are stitched to create sinews and bodily shapes.  Pushing the technique of free machine quilting to the extreme, so it is no longer recognisable as quilting. Each layered section mimics the line of muscles and flesh. It’s a way of sculpting with soft cloth; layering and stitching give the sculpture its rigidity and structure. 

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