The Fabrication of Feminine Design
Fabrication is a world that weaves historical processes and individuality into physical material. The fabrics we use to make garments and wear throughout our lives often reflect our personal identity. I am interested in exploring the way clothes and styling shape our social and cultural perspectives, and the role of gender/ethnicity in garment design.
‘Frock Consciousness’
Virginia Woolf derived the term ‘frock consciousness’ to define clothing as an expression of our evolving internal landscapes. There is a relationship of reciprocity between clothing and the body; we may wear clothes, but sometimes they have the power to wear us. Clothing and textiles, objects confined to the material world, have the power to shape one’s physical identity, inevitably bleeding into the emotional self.
Woolgatherer
My interest in materials transpires from ordinary objects: pebbles and stones off the shore, clothespins, loose strings, buttons and beads, a silver sheen, a metallic hue, an intoxicating color, or a functional fastener. It is in the findings of these mundane objects that I find creative meaning. These materials are forgotten and found, made and worn to matter.