WHILE LIVING IN OAXACA MEXICO I INVESTED MY TIME IN LEARNING THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF WEAVING IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. THE BACKSTRAP LOOM CONSISTS OF 7 STICKS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND 2 ROPES, ONE FOR AROUND A TREE AND THE OTHER FOR AROUND YOUR LOWER BACK. IT ISN’T THE FASTEST METHOD BUT I LOVE THAT YOU CAN BRING YOUR WORK WITH YOU TO A PARK OR WHILE TRAVELLING.
2022
HANDMADE FRAME LOOM WEAVING WITH WOOL RECOVERED FROM THE TRASH.
2020
COIL BASKET FROM SCRAP MATERIALS
2023
COILED BASKET MADE FROM WASTE ODDS AND ENDS YARN AND FABRIC.
2022
COILED BASKET MADE FROM WASTE ODDS AND ENDS YARN AND FABRIC.
2022
WOOL BACKSTRAP LOOM WOVEN PIECE MADE FROM NATURALLY DYED WOOL FROM TEOTITLAN DEL VALLE, MEXICO.
2022
2023
THESE ARE EXPERIMENTS IN CORDAGE MAKING. MY FIRST PRIORITY ALWAYS IS TO PROCESS PLASTICS AND WASTE, BUT IT’S ALSO FUN TO PLAY WITH LEAVES AND ORGANIC MATTER TOO. THE COLOURFUL CORDAGE ARE PLASTICS, THE REDDISH BROWN CORDAGE IS RHUBARB SKINS AND THE WHITE CORDAGE IS THE VERY FINE GARLIC SHOOT PAPER THAT I MADE INTO A NECKLACE.
2023