cats
Cats, an ongoing series which I began in 2023, exploring cat personalities, working with found and recycled materials - testing techniques and developing new skills with each piece.
This gallery documents the series as it grows.
Appearing in order of earliest construction
September 2023 - Project begins
City Cat 2023 - Liberty cotton, black remnant
Catch 2023 - Work wear, Kimono fabric
Work in progress - 2023
Room For One More 2023 - Cotton remnants
Awkward 2024 - Vintage silk linen, embroidered details
Saturn 2024 - Kimono fabric, Obi belt, t-shirt, embroidered details
Copy Cat 2024 - based on Mondrian's colour block grid paintings, cotton, embroidered details
Copy Cat 2024 - Reverse
Coffee Cat 2024 - Recycled coffee beans bag, a complex construct
Stray Cat 2024 - Creating texture
Stray Cat 2024 - Old wool blanket, cotton remnants, embroidered details
Clowder Of Cats 2024
Narcissus 2024 - Liberty cottons. small gemstones and pearls stitched throughout, embroidered details
Muse 2024 - based on my favourite cat artwork - White Cat 1924, Shotei Takahashi 20th Century woodblock artist 1871-1945
Muse 2024 - Damask tea towel, embroidered details
Old Boy 2024 - Constructed from the sleeve of a 1970's wool houndstooth blazer including the fashionable elbow patch, embroidered details.
Old Boy 2024 - Reverse, includes the pen pocket and makers label inside the blazer's lining.
Muse II 2025 - Red wool tartan, pleated cotton organdy, embroidered details
Echo 2025 - Work in progress, Liberty cotton
Echo & Narcissus 2025 - Liberty fabrics, embroidered details
Purr Meow Scratch Repeat 2025 - Vintage fabrics found in Paris, embroidered details
Purr Meow Scratch Repeat 2025 - Reverse
Purr Meow Scratch Repeat 2025 - Detail of repair of the fragile Damask.
Prince And The Meal Of Silvery Sardines 2025 - Vintage Kimono fabric, metallic fabric, embroidered details
Big Cat 2026 - Vintage Kimono fabric, wool roving, embroidered details
Big Cat 2026 - Reverse
Puss n Boots v.2026 - Recycled my Adidas runners. indigo dyed Japanese cotton, embroidered details
Puss n Boots v. 2026 - Reverse
Rescue Cat 2026 - Cotton inner lining from Vintage Kimono, embroidered details, the genuine stains are visible signs of human connection to textiles.
Rescue Cat 2026 - Reverse
Old School Cat 2026 - Vintage 70's sports coat, woven wool fabric, inner lining, embroidered details
Old School Cat 2026 - Reverse, Inner lining pen pocket kept intact.
Grief 2026 - antique hemp, emotions and feelings make their way through a hole in this piece of antique hemp, embroidered and machine stitched details.
The Big Ginger Cat Next Door 2026 - fragile remanant of Kantha cloth, embroidered details
The Big Ginger Cat Next Door 2026 - Reverse detail
Diversity 2026 - five cats selected for group photo
