I'm a mixed media artist working with delicate materials, thin filmy layers of paper and silk, sometimes eco printed, that become resilient when exposed to the encaustic process. I love this paradox. I build up layers including monotype and photographic prints, silk and other fibres and coloured inks.

 

Nature inspires me. I enjoy making images that evolve as one looks at them, ... sparking associations that develop and deepen. I combine elements that wouldn't normally be seen together, creating a new entity which is meaningful to me.

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Recently, I've been building vessels and pebbles out of felt, using wool, silk and organic papers.

 

My recent work (and I'm passionate about it!) is Joomchi - the traditional Korean art of paper fusing (or paper felting). Once again I'm making a very strong textile from more delicate mulberry papers (Korean Hanji, Japanese Kozo and Nepalese Lotka). The resulting Joomchi is strong enough to form cylindrical vessels. I love to paint and corrode these surfaces. Otherwise metal-like sheets of Joomchi are stitched together to become wall hangings on which I sometimes include an encaustic element.

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The cuffs developed naturally through curiosity and experimentation and rely on my past experience of layering organic materials.

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