Installation
quilt and publication
Connecting Thread began with a question: how can I design the feeling of touch? Exploring the intersection between tactility and design, I asked people to share a drawing that reflected the feeling of touch to them, I then spent 65+ hours hand embroidering each one.
These drawings now live on a quilt made up of second hand fabric, creating a celebration of materiality, womanhood, and the longevity of old craft. Embroidery as a practice has long been a domestic act, used for purpose but always rooted in the desire to connect. Each piece of fabric carries its previous life into a new one, the quilt becoming its own archive of touch.
An accompanying publication documents my process, research and the inspiration behind it all.
Publication
publication (x2)
A conversation with my granny started with a bracelet, once hers, now mine, worn daily. Curious about the stories that can exist within objects, I held a conversation with my granny to better understand the meaning behind each charm, uncovering anecdotes of a life she lived long before being ‘granny’.
This publication is paired with its contrasting counterpart — a second publication cataloguing each charm held in the Southwark Cuming Collection, making their stories more accessible too. Together, the two explore how objects have the power to hold memory and identity.
Publication
publication (potential prints as well)
Ce Que Je Vis (meaning what we experience) is the written foundation of my third year research project. Exploring themes of tangibility and perception in design, the writing draws heavily from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's theories on phenomenology; the idea that our understanding of the world is rooted in the body and in touch.
This piece of writing went on to shape a series of tactile experiments, exploring how touch influences our experience of design.