I fell in love with embroidery in high school. At the time, I was stitching mandalas on the back of jean jackets because it was the 1970s. I can’t really remember a time I wasn’t doing some sort of craft with my hands, and embroidery has stuck with me as having the longest thread throughout my life. It’s woven itself through everything. Stitching was easy to pick up and put down when I had small children running around, and it has always given me a way to slow down when things are moving too fast.
I began using thread in a different way over 25 years ago. At the time, I was doing figurative work creating narratives around trauma in my life and I couldn’t get some of the detail I wanted just using the thread. So, I began mixing threadwork with paint. It was a unique technique and gave me so much to play with. This different way of working became my signature style and still carries through my work today.
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