Artist statement
I make wall art and sculptures for exhibition and for the home. My work is informed by a subtle aesthetic, influenced by the simple beauty of traditional and contemporary Japanese crafts. It is characterised by fineness and detail. I use painting, mark-making, erasure and other techniques during the process of weaving to produce structurally-complex multi-layered pieces that explore surface, layers and time. My process is materials-led and experimental, with a particular interest in exploring the potential of paper and paper-like yarns.
My work addresses themes of precariousness and survival, fragility and solidity. Handwritten marks and their lost meanings, together with their fragmentation and erosion over the course of time, are a focus of enquiry.
Awards
Theo Moorman Trust Award, 2024
QEST Sanderson Design Scholarship, 2023
Textile Prize 2023, Cockpit Studios
Fine Art Textile Award 2021, shortlisted
Springboard Prize 2020, Cockpit Arts
Cockpit Arts/Arts Society Award 2019
Vlieseline Fine Art Textile Awards, 2019 Highly Commended
New Beat (Winner) 11th International Shibori Symposium, Japan
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Formed with Future Heritage, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
2022 Materials Hard + Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Texas, USA
2022 Textile + Surface, The Future of Craft, London Craft Week
2022 Tansa: Japanese Threads of Influence, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2022 Materiality, Oxo Gallery, London
2022 Tansa: Process and Making, Southill Park Arts Centre
2022 Fibre: structure and surface, Gallery 57, Arundel
2022 Tansa: Japanese Threads of Influence, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham
2021 Fine Art Textile Award, UK venues
2021 Warp weft stitch thread, Gallery 57, Arundel
2020 Pushing the Boundaries, Olivier Masson, online
2020 Crafted and Curated, Through Objects, online
2020 Into the Light, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Chichester
2019 Connected, Oxo Gallery, London
2019 Vlieseline Fine Art Textile Award, UK venues
2018 New Beat, 11th International Shibori Symposium, Japan
2017 Stories in the Making, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham
2015 Kendall Clarke: Woven Textiles, Bloomsbury Design, London (solo show)
Publications
2022 Tansa: Japanese Threads of Influence
2019 Dyeing Now: Contemporary Makers Celebrate Ethel Mairet’s Legacy, Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft.
2017 Stories in the Making catalogue, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham
Professional Memberships
Homo Faber Guide
Design-Nation
Crafts Council Directory
Society of Designer Craftsmen (MSDC)