This collection contains three interrelated glass domes. Each has a visual narrative composed and constructed from handmade, discovered, and sentimental objects; the link between them is how the materials repeat within each space. The trio continues my curiosity about our relationships with entities and is a tentative study reflecting on returning to the world after …
`Collect Your Belongings” was a community project by Six Million Plus Trust to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and Remembering Srebrenica. The refugee community of Kirklees worked in collaboration with community artists to share stories about a precious object which they would choose if they had to quickly leave their home to flee and find refuge. …
In a freelance capacity as a costumier, I have enjoyed working in the wardrobe and the props department of Leeds Playhouse to support staff in the completion of costumes and properties for theatrical performances, and also completing costumes in my fully equipt studio. Theatre products include Bollywood Jane, Privates on Parade, Lion, Witch, and the …
Commissioned by Leeds Playhouse (West Yorkshire Playhouse) Literary department to engage with the youth theatre to design, source, and make their costume for three individual performances in three different settings across the city. The first performance was situated outside the Playhouse. Aliens had landed and were intended to take over the planet. To define the …
‘We Stand Together’, by six million plus charitable trust performance project highlighting the plight of displaced people around the world, current and historical. Taking influence from the rich textile heritage of North Kirklees, shoddy was used to design button discs with representational images sewn onto from countries that are or have experienced war or genocide. …
(dys)function(ing) performance explores scenographic materials, feminine objects, and the fragility of the human condition. The intimate one to one performances invited guests to partake in the ritual of tea drinking and explore the objects on display. The collection of curated objects held significant semiotic signage on personal history which initiated conversations to occur between the …
This explorative, collaborative group performance explored various sensory dimensions, of space and time. Taking initial inspiration from the life story of the French inventor, Louis Le Prince, who lived in Leeds from 1866 and who disappeared in 1890. The performance took the audience members on a physical journey through various zones that performed various sensory …
6 Million+ Charity Trust organise the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in Kirklees. Every year refugees and asylum seekers who are making Kirklees their home come together with residents to make a new large-scale puppet to portray a persecuted demographic. The Weeping Sisters consist of Kitty representing the Jewish community, Piroz the Kurdish community, Hava the …
These workshops were funded by Kirklees Councils Young People Service, delivered at Creative Arts Hub, Diva, and West Yorkshire Print Workshop during the school holidays to children aged 8 to 12 years old. Each animation was created and produced during a one-day session. The morning session explores the materials and computer software, this immediately shows …