About

I discovered felting by happy accident while touring art studios on a trip to Scotland in 2013. I’ve been in love ever since.

Starting with wool and other natural fibres, I combine these with water and soap, and then use my hands (and muscle power!) to rub, roll and shape the resulting felt into vessels, textured wall pieces, and other sculptural forms.

Originally a painter, I find the tactile nature of making felt to be liberating; I have my hands in my materials and can engage my whole body in the process of creating. I also appreciate how flexible and forgiving felt can be, where nothing is wasted and unexpected directions emerge from “failed” projects and the use of leftovers.

I love to combine materials in new and surprising ways, and to play with the capacity of felt to be both soft and strong; mysterious, yet familiar. Most recently, I have been exploring the incorporation of non-traditional materials, such as metallic papers, banana silk, flax fibres and various pigments. My aim is to create a sense of richness and presence in the pieces, and to invite a reimagining of a material often seen as simply utilitarian.

I work and teach small group classes from my home studio in Cranberry, on the traditional lands of the Tla’amin Nation, in qathet, British Columbia.