My practice and research incorporate the relationship between photography, feminism, and yarn as well as process of intervening in the material structure of a photograph.
I create photo-embroideries and photo-quilts using photographs and yarn where each are unique, hand quilted and embroidered.
My work connects three fields I’m passionate about: photography, textile craft, and feminism.
Photography and thread each have their own burden and connotations with which they impregnate the photo-embroidery. Thread is tactile and haptic, while photography elevates the visual, the optical, and emphasises the content.
Photography is rooted in technology, while working with thread owes more to traditions of craft, with strong connections to women.
I see feminism in my work, as a clip that holds the thread and photography together.
Feminism perceived, apart from philosophical references, as an everyday experience of the social role of a woman, a mother and caregiver.