I make work out of the things we throw away. Not just objects - but moments, places, issues, emotions.
I’m drawn to what’s overlooked: discarded fabric, broken thread, silence, history. These fragments hold stories - they just need stitching together.
My practice centers around The Art of Discard - a material and emotional response to how easily things become waste. I reuse because I must. Because childhood abandonment made me crave meaning in the forgotten. Every torn edge or frayed thread in my work is deliberate.
They speak.
Living on South Africa’s West Coast, I feel the tension between wild beauty and human disruption. That contradiction seeps into my work. I’m not trying to resolve it - only to honour it.
I create slowly, messily. My thoughts move in layers. Art helps me sort through the noise. Stitching, arranging, layering - it’s a way to see more clearly. A quiet ritual of restoration.
