Sense of Place connecting people & land through cloth

using materials that have not changed over thousands of years my

Keynote Speaker

SAQA Annual Conference 2024

showcasing innovative textile artists from 16 countries across Europe & The Middle East

highlights from the speech outlining my textile tour

ochre quarry

I first discovered natural earth pigments on a visit to the village of Roussillon in the South of France in 2008

colour

my muted palette is created using a soya milk binder to paint ground earth pigments onto cloth

field work

connecting to the land I always carry a sketchbook to record things like colours, textures and lines that might translate into fabric and stitch

research

pigment road trip to Cornwall to gather and process my own earth pigment from the mineral rich soil

hand stitching

forms undulations and texture like you find on the earths surface: drawn lines, expressive marks that adds colour, shading & movement

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