Knot Work, 2022. Indigo dyed, organic cotton t-shirt offcuts, recycled canvas, on custom table made from recycled materials. 1400mm (h) x 1400mm (w) x 50 (d)mm.
Textile waste diverted from landfill was hand dyed with natural indigo, then hand cut into thousands of threads for latch-hooking - a rug practice originally designed to use the small threads leftover from looming to avoid waste. The title draws on historical traditions of textile knots as used for recording both statistical and narrative information, for example the Andean, Quipu, which are knotted devices believed to be a form of writing and mnemonic system. In this portal, gradations of blue are both substance and action, echoing tipping points or thresholds in both environmental changes and our ability to perceive them.
