Golden Threads Artwork

We gravitate to wool, a natural fiber that’s traditionally known to bring us warmth and comfort. My work is part of the system that includes farmers, the sheep, shearers, mills, silkworms, growers, foragers; the educators of ancestral skills, the craftspeople who make the tools I use, and mother nature. I’m eternally grateful to each and every one of them. In its rawest form a fleece has fantastic visual depth, and during the process I tune in and sense how the fibers want to express themselves. And because I source particular breeds of wool from farmers, plus grow and forage color for dyeing, my practice often becomes a catalyst for an underlying discussion around materials that we squander. Recent bodies of work have included: ‘Journeys that I’ll never Take’ which asked questions about our physical and psychological boundaries. Work that explored where and when we Yield. And most recently, a series of pieces driven by the ideas of Love, Hope & Entanglement. My work takes on different aesthetics at scale and distance. It can also be gently touched bringing a new level of understanding and appreciation to the natural materials and subject matter.