‘Diary of my Subconscious’, is a true window into the mind of the artist. It is a place of wonder and mystery created to escape the real world and reconnect with our inner selves.
Beauty and fantasy share this fully embroidered dream along side darkness and torment. Hands sprout amongst the flowers in an attempt to claw themselves to the purity of the nude figure. Captured is the dichotomous balance between self preservation and self imprisonment.
Influencing this technicolour reality are the artist’s memories of childhood hopes and dreams, corrupted by adult longing and nostalgia. Insecurities and anxieties penetrate this seemingly idyllic paradise like cracks in a newly painted wall.
The artist’s process is steeped in self analysis, and a fluctuating search in her sense of spirituality. She uses the imagery and symbolism from Tarot cards as a language through which one can unlock the diary of her inner thoughts and feelings. We are in turn provided with a visual rendering of her own readings, as well as a slate from which we may analyse ourselves.
Title: Diary of a subconcious
Year: 2022
Materials: Satin, silk and cotton threads on linen. Glass beads, sequins and goldwork materials.
Technique: Hand embroidered on linen using crewelwork, stump-work, goldwrok and beading techniques
Photography: Livia Papiernik
Diary of a subconcious
Title: Through the water we speak
Year: 2025
Materials: Wool based felt with vareity of threads and embellsishment
Technique: Wet and needle felting with hand embroidery, beading and goldwork.
Photography: Jack Harper