Luminosity of loss. Afterimage. Invisible threads. Light and shadow. Language. 

Themes of repair and mending

as metaphors for healing grief

are central to my practice.

Moth bitten garments, button down shirts, gauze, thread and beeswax are materials I am drawn to.

Bees + beekeepers and the drone sounds of hives are important too

I am interested in illuminating spaces of loss - not simply the heaviness of grief but the irrefutable beauty and depth of the unseen world one is tethered to after losing someone close. The core question: how does loss bind grievers to unseen spirit realms?

Language is a major focus; specifically ways Modern English restricts thought and limits worldviews of native English speakers. I study Irish, my ancestral language, researching words and phrases which articulate unseen realms. Irish is deeply embedded with connections to hereditary landscapes and descriptions of an ever present spirit world. 

In these ways Irish resembles other indigenous earth-based languages. I consider language and culture restoration as tools for collective world building.

Ultimately, my work is about imagining another way to live; about connection and longing, restoration and healing + also about recognizing the limitations of a colonized mindset.

An invitation to suspend what we might think we know to enter realms of liberatory thought.