DO NOT LOOK TOO HARD FOR MEANING . ITS MADE IN TECHNICOLOUR . ITS KALEIDOSCOPIC . THERE ARE MATERIALS AND THERES A PROCESS . ITS ORNAMENTAL , ITS OBJECTIFIED . AN ENCRUSTED MULTITUDE OF LAYERS . I, DREAM OF MAGICAL ENVIRONMENTS . VIEWERS EYE ME, VIEWERS MIND ME . THE DECONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTED RECONSTRUCTED MR UPSIDE-DOWN HEAD . ITS SIMPLE, ITS PURE . UNAFFECTED AND TIMELESS . A CLASSIC . DISCIPLINE . WHAT? . A-SKIRT-IS-A-TUBE-OR-CONE-SHAPED-GARMENT . FRAGMENTS REFLECTING REFLECTING FRAGMENTS . MY HEAVY METROPOLIS . EXTRAVAGANZAS! BEADING, NOISE&BUSTLE . ;AT HER BEST INCOMPARABLE;THE MASTER BUILDER-AT LIBERTY PLC . SCREENPRINTING . NEW YORK . I'M A MARVEL OF INGENUITY . IT IS PURE DIVERTIMENTO . IT IS UNREAL AND IMPROBABABLE . I AM A PLEASANT ESCAPIST . HARMLESS HOKUM! A TOTALLY AESTHETIC MARK MAKING . INSPIRED, BRITISH AND ESTABLISHED . 2 DIMENSIONS 3 DIMENSIONS . SOFT & HARD - SUBSTRATE MANIPULATION . AN EXPERIMENTAL AGENDA ;UNEXPECTED COMBINATIONS, CONFIGURATIONS: ECLECTIC, FOUND&NEW . KNITTING . A MADE COVERING . ON A BILL BOARD . TRANSITION . URBAN OUTFITTERS . PATTERN CUTTING . IN A POCKET . CIRCLE GEOMETRIC . MULTIPLE . REPITITION . HAND AND MACHINE EMBROIDERY . GLASGOW OR EDINBURGH . PRECIOUS, MUNDANE AND SENTIMENTAL FLOTSAM OF THE CITY . THE DOMESTIC . THE JOY OF THE EVERYDAY . I'M OBSESSIVE . ITS IN THE DETAIL:COLOUR, TEXTURE,TONE,SCALE,SHAPE,PROPORTION,PATTERN,LINE AND PLACEMENT . SOLO GROUP AND SOLO . FUNCTION NON FUNCTION . COLLECTIONS . SELFRIDGES . A CABINET OF CURIOSITY . SOUVENIR AS VEHIICLE . YOU & YOURS RADIO 4.:FROM THE CEILING:. IT STARTED WITH THE KILT . OSLO . WRAPPED . SOFT HEARTED . AUNT SALLY . IN A GALLERY OR JUST A FRAME . A WONDERFUL WORLD OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT . IMAGINATION NOT REQUIRED . NO RESTRAINTS OF COMMERCIALISATION . HABITAT . HANGING . A MOBILE . MUM, ME IN THE DESIGN MUSEUM, LONDON . A RAIL, SHELF OR CHAIR . LADYLIKE . COMMAND . OILILY. MATT&SHINE . ALEXANDER MCQUEEN . PASSION CIRCUS . LIVES IN AND TRAVELS TO . INACCESSIBLE BY BOAT, HORSE OR TRAIN . THE BRITISH COUNCIL . LEFTOVERS . TRADITIONAL DRESS MAKING OR INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING . RCA, THE ARTS COUNCIL . MIXED MEDIA AND TOKYO . SKIRTGIRL PUBLISHED . A FISH TANK - WITH NO FRIENDS . IMITATORS . RENOWNED . A SOUVENIR IN A SHOP WINDOW . HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL . LONDON HAND CONSTRUCTED INTRICATE SKIRTS . INTERNATIONAL . CONSULTED, COMMISSIONED, COLLABORATIONS

 

 

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I AM ENTIRELY INTERESTED IN MATERIALS AND PROCESS, MY AGENDA IS ALWAYS TO EXPERIMENT. MY PRACTICE IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE IDEA THAT THE SKIRT (MY CANVAS, VISTA, MEDIA SINCE 2001) IS A TUBE OR CONE SHAPED GARMENT WHATEVER DISCIPLINE THAT MAY LIE IN. I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN NOT PLACING WORK WITHIN A SINGULAR CATEGORY, BUT EXPLORING WHAT CREATIVITY CAN BE THROUGH A RANGE OF ART FORMS. THE CREATION, PROCESS AND MEANING BEHIND THE WORK IS THE DRIVING FORCE, NOT THE ART FORM. MY OWN PRACTICE, USING DESIGN PRACTICE AS A STARTING POINT, IS MULTI-LAYERED AND DRAWS ON DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND GENRES. FUNCTION NON-FUNCTION, WITHOUT THE CONSTRAINT OF COMMERCIALISM. DECONSTRUCTING, CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING THE PRECIOUS, MUNDANE AND SENTIMENTAL FLOTSAM OF THE CITY INTO AN ENCRUSTED MULTITUDE LAYERED PLAYGROUND, THE ARENA IN WHICH I REPOSITION READYMADES. MY FANTASIA WHERE ROADS LEAD NOWHERE; A DESTINATION INACCESSIBLE BY BOAT, HORSE OR TRAIN. A KALEIDOSCOPIC, A TECHNICOLOUR. REPEATED AND MULTIPLE-MAGICAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A WONDERFUL WORLD OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT IS ENCOURAGED IN PRACTICE AND OBJECT RECIEVERSHIP, ALBEIT ON A SHELF, IN A SHOP WINDOW, BY MOBILE (FROM CEILING), OUT OF A WALL, ON A CHAIR, RAIL OR FLOOR. I AM A 21ST CENTURY URBAN ESCAPIST, IT IS PURE DIVERTIMENTO, UNREAL AND IMPROBABLE. A GLORIOUS ARSENAL OF SELF-INDULGENT HARMLESS HOKUM! I AM A MASTER BUILDER OF THE UNEXPECTED ECLECTIC, MY WEAPONARY BOTH FOUND AND NEW COMBINATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES: MACHINE TO HAND STITCH, THE PLEAT, SILK SCREEN PRINTING WITH PAPER STENCILS, CONSTRUCTED EMBELLISHMENT, BEADING, MARK MAKING, PATTERN CUTTING, KNITTING, DIGITAL PRINTING, DRAWING, PAINTING: SOFT AND HARD SUBSTRATE MANIPULATION WITH DIFFERENT WEIGHTS OF PLASTIC (BUCKETS, AIR FRESHENERS OR MONEYBOXES). NEW AND ORGANIC COTTON SAIL CLOTH, METALLIC, MATT LEATHER, REPEAT PRINTS FROM SECOND HAND SHIRTS, MEN’S TIE SILKS, WOODEN HORSES, DENIM, SECONDS CASHMERE, METAL WASTE BINS, TWINE SKIPPING AND CLIMBING ROPE, UPCYCLED LINEN, CARDBOARD POLES AND ROLLS, CERAMIC BIRD BATHS OR SIDE PLATES, GLASS MIRROR BALLS, JARS OR NEONS, GRASS HOUSE BRUSHES, RUBBER WHEELBARROW INNER TUBES, METALLIC AND MATT LEATHER AND PAPER BAGS AND KITES. THE WORK, LIKE ME IS OUT OF BREATH, BUT THAT IS THE AIM. IT STARTED WITH THE KILT, THE CIRCLE SKIRT, A PURE SIMPLE, UNAFFECTED AND TIMELESS CLASSIC. TO NOW, TRANSITION. A DEVELOPMENT USING COLLECTIONS OF DETAILED STUDIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF: COLOUR, TEXTURE, TONE, SCALE, SHAPE, PROPORTION, PATTERN, LINE AND PLACEMENT. CIRCLE GEOMETRIC LEFTOVERS FROM TRADITIONAL DRESS MAKING OR INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE. 21ST CENTURY SKIRTGIRL-MAGPIE-READYMADE PRINCESS.