"Welcome to my textile temple, transporting you to a place of worship where divinity meets domesticity. Growing up in Belfast amid a climate of conflict, religion, worship, power and politics became embedded in the fabric of my world. Mining mythology for female narratives and reclaiming them is a recurring theme in my work. Here you meet a triptych of Athena, Gaia and Medusa, Goddesses long before the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. These Goddesses were equal parts divine and deeply flawed as mothers, lovers and sisters. Irish and Nigerian goddesses Ãine and Oshun, from two places a world apart. They represent the sun and the river bringing love, fertility and abundance.
The Domestic Throne is dedicated to those who have little time for magic. The processes of repetition, hand knotting and stitching, honour the everyday unpaid labour of parents and carers. In our capitalist society this domestic labour is not included in what is our “economy”, but where would we be without it? Come worship at her Altar.
All textiles are alteration remnants of some of the great fashion houses, places of modern worship."
