Utilizing a system whereby the ruled grid becomes the vessel for a lexicon of hand-drawn symbols, the principal theme in my work is employing iterative mark making as a temporal site to record measured and psychological time. This emphasis upon time and repetition informs my work in a way that allows me to mediate rather than mirror the world; an attempt to coordinate thought and stabilize the disorder of the everyday. Underpinned by the language, tactility and intimacy of textile-based crafts, works that initially masquerade as digital prints are subverted from by subtle nuances and imperfections in mark making.
I am drawn to the primal quality of drawing, it rarely conceals its construction. Within each of my own marks, the minor tremors and inaccuracies of the hand are recorded. In defiance of what may initially appear as highly rigid and formal compositions, a misplaced symbol, the slip of a ruler, the bleed of ink from a freshly opened pen, or conversely, a line interrupted by a drying nib, subvert from this and are indicative of a medium capable of registering the hand and movement of the artist. In this regard, I consider my practice as something of a solitary durational performance, the completed works acting as the archive, or documentation of the event. The resulting works exist not as a snapshot of time, but a continual unfolding of.