Underland - textile art collection
Strings and threads are everywhere, stitching all life together. From the hyphae of mycelium to the cosmic web, from neural pathways and memory nets to blood vessels and leaf vein fractals, the natural world is filled with intricate networks. These webs and threads appear fragile, but they are strong and resilient, and the genesis for life and consciousness.
![Title: "Underland - Eye contact". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile and glass sculpture. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, second-hand mirror, couched recycled rope thread, acrylics. Embroidered text on linen - mounted in a wooden e](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/5c367494-ff1d-4e19-a3a5-3c16de5cc1cf/Underland+-+Eye+contact.png)
Title: "Underland - Eye contact". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile and glass sculpture. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, second-hand mirror, couched recycled rope thread, acrylics. Embroidered text on linen - mounted in a wooden embroidery hoop. [] Dimensions: H 55cm, W 95cm, D 3cm. [] Quote from Clarice Lispector's "Near to the Wild Heart" (1943)
![Detail from "Underland - Eye contact". [] Quote from Clarice Lispector's "Near to the Wild Heart" (1943)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/2bc35121-b79d-4df9-b384-41db12d3b68b/When+I+suddenly+see+myself.png)
Detail from "Underland - Eye contact". [] Quote from Clarice Lispector's "Near to the Wild Heart" (1943)
![Title: "Underland - Networking". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile work. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, heated Tyvek, found objects, acrylics, recycled thread couching, cyanotype prints. Mounted on canvas board. [] Dimensions: H](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/e76ed92c-6d1d-4d5e-aa3d-30c8617042ef/Underland+-+Networking.png)
Title: "Underland - Networking". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile work. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, heated Tyvek, found objects, acrylics, recycled thread couching, cyanotype prints. Mounted on canvas board. [] Dimensions: H 42cm, W 75cm, D 2cm.
![Title: "Underland - Excavation work". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile and glass sculpture. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, found objects, acrylics, couched recycled rope thread, heated Tyvek and mirror. [] Dimensions: H 60cm W 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/e13afed3-9cad-4d75-9c73-d058729a622d/Underland+-+Some+Excavations+v2.png)
Title: "Underland - Excavation work". [] Year: 2023. [] Description: Mixed media textile and glass sculpture. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, found objects, acrylics, couched recycled rope thread, heated Tyvek and mirror. [] Dimensions: H 60cm W 30cm.
![Title: "Death Is Woven In". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Mixed media embroidery on print. Stumpwork, wirework and lacework on botanical cyanotype print. Repurposed fabric, recycled yarn and cheesecloth, mounted in wooden embroidery hoops. [] Dimens](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/643c3029-d0e7-4121-8173-129853cbcb3b/Death+is+Woven+In.png)
Title: "Death Is Woven In". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Mixed media embroidery on print. Stumpwork, wirework and lacework on botanical cyanotype print. Repurposed fabric, recycled yarn and cheesecloth, mounted in wooden embroidery hoops. [] Dimensions: H 25 cm, W 48 cm, D 6cm.
Detail from "Death is Woven In".
![Title: "The Metamorphosis of Aoife". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Mixed media textile art. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, machine and hand embroidered drawing, inks and acrylics. [] Dimensions: H 39cm, W 34 cm.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/d6905c6b-b289-4d47-877d-7cbbb9c6468b/The+Metamorphosis+of+Aoife.png)
Title: "The Metamorphosis of Aoife". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Mixed media textile art. Deconstructed, repurposed fabrics, machine and hand embroidered drawing, inks and acrylics. [] Dimensions: H 39cm, W 34 cm.
![Title: "No such thing as separation". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Free machine embroidered poem on a rerpurposed apron. Embroidered heart using applique and stumpwork. [] Dimensions: H 120cm, W 60cm, D 1.5cm. [] Poem from Simon Armitage's Book of](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ade440d73c095db904c076/98a4bceb-09f7-47af-8c18-b2187778aaa9/No+such+thing+as+separation+v2.png)
Title: "No such thing as separation". [] Year: 2022. [] Description: Free machine embroidered poem on a rerpurposed apron. Embroidered heart using applique and stumpwork. [] Dimensions: H 120cm, W 60cm, D 1.5cm. [] Poem from Simon Armitage's Book of Matches (published 1993).
