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I am a self-taught embroidery and textile artist and I create vivid portraits, pop-art inspired work and abstract pieces with needle and thread. I was born and raised in Singapore, and lived, studied and worked in France and Japan before moving to Edinburgh in 2018. My artistic background lies in drawing and painting; but when  became a mother for the first time at the start of the pandemic and found myself isolated at home with no control over my own time, I had to find a medium that allowed me to express myself fully within those constraints. Embroidery is perfect for that.

Embroidery doesn’t dry out if you leave it on a table to go feed your baby and come back to it 3 days later. Embroidery is meditative and allows you to get deeper into that sought-after flow state with every stitch. Embroidery is forgiving: you can always unpick and learn from your mistakes.

My artistic practice gravitates towards portraiture but abstract forms feature very strongly in my work. I am drawn to and inspired by nature and its organic and undulating shapes and forms. I employ unusual colour schemes, high-contrast and high saturation. Ultimately, my embroidered textile works are a response to what I perceives to be the unnatural and gendered distinction between craft and art. They are an ode to femininity, the domestic, and the gloriously and comfortably mundane.
 
I now live in North Queensferry in Scotland and I’m a member of the Central Fife Artists Collective. I work mainly by commission and also teach beginners how to get started on their embroidery journey.

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