I am proud to be a female woodworker, challenging tradition by participating in a male-dominated discipline. Working as a sculptor, gives me the freedom necessary to make my ideas manifest. By using tactile manual processes to carve, engrave and cut, I can reshape the everyday, a standard piece of wood, into a story.

I have two parts to my practice: first I think through my ideas in dress form and then later develop them by making a sculptural chair. I aim to create chairs that are theatrical and visually engaging whilst also being practical and for public use, inspired by the artwork of Antonio Gaudi. Additionally, like Gaudi, my work is inspired by the beauty of nature and how it affects me, from the patterns sun beams create to the feeling of bliss evoked by sitting in nature.

I like the great contrast of my diverse practice- between the heavy masculinity of woodworking versus dress making, with its markedly feminine history. My work is decidedly feminine in its conception. I admire female strength that persists regardless of the injustices women face and have faced. I produce a cast of protagonists celebrates women, mothers, and mother nature, all of whom deserve to be in the spotlight.