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| Right: Irish linen naturally dyed with birch bark and block printed with solvent-free inks. with thanks to Studio Pavilion
2023 |
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| Detail: Irish linen naturally dyed with birch bark and block printed with solvent-free inks. 2023 |
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| Creeping Velvet (Midmar autumn weave) Irish linen naturally dyed with red dock and block printed with solvent-free inks with thanks to Studio Pavilion, Glasgow 2023 |
This series was created for Craft Scotland's presentation at Collect 2023. The title 'Creeping Velvet' was adapted from spoken accounts of velvet ribbon puckering and creeping within Bernat Klein's experimental woven tweeds of the 1960’s. The bracketed part of each title identifies where the plant material for the natural dye was sourced, the time of year it was gathered and the garment detail that inspired each design. | |
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| Livid block printed cotton dyed with Red Dock plant dye. 300 × 125cm 2022 |
'Livid' was made during a residency at Studio Pavilion in Summer 2022. This print is part of my ongoing project –to create tangible movement within a static print. | |
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| A Walking Wench For Three Weeks (after Joyce Clissold) block printed and painted linen curtains. 320 × 450cm 2022 |
'A Walking Wench For Three Weeks (after Joyce Clissold)' was installed at Sierra Metro Gallery as part of 'SKU' a collaborative exhibition with Morven Mulgrew. A multi-purpose bag / poster and text were commissioned by Panel to accompany the show. | |
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| Plant Web Splash block print on linen. |
| ...and the plants and the webs and the splashing (extract) |
'...and the plants and webs and the splashing' was created alongside the textile work ‘Plant Web Splash’ as part of the 2020 TOAST Artist-in-residence programme in partnership with the Crafts Council. The full version 7min 44sec is held in the Crafts Council Collection, UK. Block printing by Kate Owens. Filmed and edited by Kimberley O’Neill. Assisted by Duncan Marquiss. | |
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| Trying To Cut Out A Heart (Repeatedly) block print on linen. 250 × 140cm 2019 |
'Trying To Cut Out A Heart (Repeatedly)' was developed from a project with The New Walk Gallery & Museum, Leicester. The print is based on material remnants from a creative workshop. | |
| The Shadow of Your Shadow block printing performance. |
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| The Shadow of Your Shadow detail of print created from the performance; 2018 |
| The Shadow of Your Shadow block printing performance. |
'The Shadow of Your Shadow' was developed as part of a project by AIR in response to a recently closed textile factory in North London. Five dancers perform a short choreography across a roll of fabric wearing purpose made print-block-shoes. Performed by J'Nade Alcindor, Saskel Fenton, Maria Da Silva Antunes, Julia Oliveira, Shanaya Nurse with accompanying soundtrack by Tommy Grace. | |
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| Astral Flesh 2-Way Stretch installation view |
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| Slip Proof & Long Neck block print on leatherette |
Install views from 'Astral Flesh 2-Way Stretch' at Dolph Projects. Print blocks were walked across lengths of fabric in a range of choreographies, colours and motifs. | |
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| Original Condition screen print, cotton, aluminium print screen |
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| Original Condition screen-prints on cotton, silk and sateen, yellow-meshed aluminum print screen, aluminum legs, return receipts, plywood, nail |
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| Original Condition screen print, cotton, aluminium print screen |
'Original Condition' is an ongoing screen printing project which makes use of the 28-day return policy common to high street retailers. A garment is purchased, used to make a print and then returned to the shop for a refund. | |
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| Full Drop, Half Drop, Brick, Spot, Diamond, Triangle, Stripe, Hexagon, Ogee, Scale, Mirror, Turn-over, Swiss, Tossed, All-over screen print on cotton |
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| Full Drop, Half Drop, Brick, Spot, Diamond, Triangle, Stripe, Hexagon, Ogee, Scale, Mirror, Turn-over, Swiss, Tossed, All-over detail |
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| Full Drop (test) screen print on paper |
'Full Drop, Half Drop, Brick, Spot, Diamond, Triangle, Stripe, Hexagon, Ogee, Scale, Mirror, Turn-over, Swiss, Tossed, All-over' is a swimming pool-sized roll of fabric, printed with both a tile pattern and weekly borrowings from the local pool. Hair bands, earrings, used plasters and goggle parts etc. were found, removed, screen printed in the studio and returned to the bottom of the pool. | |
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| Why Don't You Put Eyes In Those Holes? installation for a participatory workshop |
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| Why Don't You Put Eyes In Those Holes ? script for a performance (extract); 6 colour screen print on card. 100 x 21cm |
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| Trying To Cut Out A Heart fabric remnants, textile adhesive, cotton |
'Why Don’t You Put Eyes In Those Holes?' is an installation for a workshop first shown at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Audio recordings of the workshop became a scripted performance whilst the physical leftovers were used to make the textile hanging 'Trying To Cut Out A Heart'. | |