SOLACE, JOY
AND CONNECTION stitch by stitch
Textile sculpture and public art built from found materials,
rote hand-making, and social engagement. Plus ongoing
writing on the creative process.
making stuff & writing about it
Visual artist & writer · Studio, old funeral home · Vancouver, B.C.
Featured work
2018
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Crafted objects, Painting, Public art
Emily Carr Cozy
Found synthetic yarn wrapped around the Emily Carr University sign, warming up the campus for a winter.
2015
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Crafted objects, Painting, Public art
Lighthouse
Stretch fabric pulled over a park bandstand and lit from within for the 2015 Lumiere Festival.
2014
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Public art
Cluster
Painted fabricated aluminum
2011-ongoing
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Public art
The Network
Found petroleum-based fabrics
2013
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Public art
Waterwork
Found copper piping and plumbing parts
“Surrounded by hazardous conditions and materials, we find solace, joy and connection through the smallest actions of stitching, braiding, knotting, weaving and beading, opening up time to breathe, opening up space to share.”
Three threads run through every piece
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Found materials
Salvaged yarn, copper offcuts, petroleum-based fabric nobody wanted. Everything begins as something on its way to the landfill.
02
Rote hand-making
Stitching, braiding, knotting, weaving. The smallest repeated actions open up time to breathe and quiet the part of the brain that wants a result.
03
Social engagement
Set out needles and thread and people sit down who would never call themselves makers. The sitting down together is the work.
Making Stuff & Writing About It
Sep 20, 2026
A good summer’s end
A sublime time to tackle a hopeless cause
Apr 11, 2026
Petrochemical painting has something to say
A pretty and pretty repellent tapestry composed of a lot of bad decisions and ignorance is having a moment.
A pretty and pretty repellent tapestry composed of a lot of bad decisions and ignorance is having a moment. It had a benign beginning eight years ago: to approach painting like making a quilt. It...
Jan 30, 2026
The nodes know
Hope empowers quirky denim objects I’ve had this exchange a few times this past week: You’re so busy. What are you working on? Uh… hard to say. It’s hard to put into words this curious...
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