textile explorations

  • Large green leaves with prominent veins and a white cloth with a black and blue ink design laid over some of the leaves.
  • Person holding and examining embroidered fabric with two colorful embroidered textile pieces on the table.
  • A yellow and white cloth with embroidered design, lying on dry twigs and branches outdoors.
  • Person stitching blue and black abstract design on white fabric in an embroidery hoop.
  • A woman with curly hair wearing a black tank top and a white skirt, holding an embroidery hoop with red thread, standing outdoors on a dirt slope with green plants and a reddish-brown cliff in the background.
  • A white cloth with a green decorative design lying on the ground in a field of small white flowers, with a person's hand resting near it.
  • A person with long curly hair attaching a fabric with a red-orange embroidered bear on a large rock outdoors, with trees in the background.
  • Close-up of a fabric with intricate red floral embroidery and lace design.
  • Embroidery of a creature with a dark blue body, purple wings, and twisted, lightning-like limbs on white fabric.
  • A collection of colorful, embroidered fabric pieces with intricate floral and abstract designs laid out on a black surface.

Textile explorations, 2022-2024, as part of my PhD practice-led research. Photographs taken by Annelijn Hooij and Elizabeth Curtis Walker.

These textile explorations are the physical manifestation of my research into pluriversal fashion-textiles, exploring how relational, place-based, holistic and autonomous ontologies can guide us toward more regenerative ways of making and creating in the world.

  • A decorative textile piece with a star-like shape, featuring a purple inner design with lightning bolt patterns and a dark purple border, placed on a brown leather surface.
  • A colorful quilt with floral and abstract patterns lies on forest ground covered in dried leaves, with tall trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
  • A young woman with long curly hair is sitting on the forest floor, surrounded by trees, and is looking into her bag. The sunlight filters through the trees, illuminating the lush greenery.
  • Young woman in a colorful jacket dancing on a sandy beach near the water at sunset or dusk.
  • Person lying on moss-covered rocks in a cave with green moss and sand surrounding them.
  • A woman sitting on moss-covered rocks near the water, wearing a colorful patchwork jacket and red sheer skirt, looking at the camera.
  • A woman wearing a colorful, embroidered patchwork jacket with purple accents, a metallic green headscarf, and dark pants, standing against a dark, textured background.
  • A person with short dark hair and a dark hat is lying on a green, textured surface, wearing a multicolored, floral-patterned garment.
  • A woman standing on a beach at sunset with colorful embroidered jacket and black pants, looking towards the sea.
  • A woman dressed in a colorful, floral-patterned kimono standing on a sandy surface with large rock formations behind her, some of which have moss or lichen growth, under warm lighting.
  • Colorful embroidered patches with various designs laid out on a brown leather piece on forest ground.

The final accumulation of the textile explorations into a modular earth-cloth piece, one piece of leather material that lays flat upon the earth as an altar piece that can then be tied into a jacket. Photos by Macami.

These digital illustrations hold the energetic codes of my research, musings and integrations.

They are the visual manifestations of the worlds that I desire and am actively creating. 

Physical making practice is an essential element of my work that allows concepts to be brought into being through the physical act of creating through the body. 

All digital works are available as prints on canvas or paper. Please get in touch for sizes and prices.

Abstract digital illustration of various colorful plant-like and floral shapes, interconnected with lines and patterns, with a faint human face silhouette in the background. 
'CREATIVE RESILIENCE PRINCIPLES FOR FASHION'. DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION. 2017.
Colorful digital artwork featuring abstract flowers with striped and wireframe details, set against a black background with flowing white lines and leaf patterns. 
'PLURIVERSAL FASHION MUSINGS'. DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION. 2022.
Abstract digital artwork featuring colorful, intricate floral and chain-like patterns on a black background with white contour lines. 
'SPIRIT OF DESIGN'. DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION. 2020.
Abstract artwork featuring a central black and yellow flower with white and yellow leaves, surrounded by blue and gray circles on a black background.
Digital illustration of a microscopic view of a virus or bacteria with floral and organic designs, featuring petal-like structures, tendrils, and ribbon-like shapes on a black background. 
'WEB OF LIFE'. DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION. 2018.
'ALTAR OF CONNECTION'. DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Pluriversal Fashion Codes. 2022.
Black and white floral illustration of a cluster of flowers centered on a white background.
Abstract digital illustration of a plant with roots, leaves, and a flowering stem, featuring geometric and organic elements in dark and muted colors.
Abstract digital art of a stylized virus or cell with intricate lines and dot patterns, predominantly black and navy blue, on a white background.

Illustrations commissioned for the Fashion Ecologies research project by Dr Kate Fletcher at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, UAL.

The Fashion Ecologies project explores a new fashion culture grounded in localism. It sees how we dress as part of an integrated whole of
real-world relationships and interactions between land and community shaped by stewardship of nature, affection for place, diversity, social responsibility and fewer goods. Read more about the project here.

Abstract black and white illustration of a stylized plant or seed with wavy lines and bubble-like structures on a white background.
Abstract digital artwork with various organic shapes, circles, and floral elements in muted colors, arranged in a cluster on a white background.
Abstract digital artwork with concentric rings and irregular shapes in black, white, beige, blue, gold, and gray on a white background.
Illustration of a map of Denmark with three stylized flowers of different colors overlaid.