Knotted by Hand Macrame

Knotted by Hand Macrame Discover the transformative power
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20/08/2026

Sculptural textile art for interiors that need more than something pretty on the wall.

Every one of these pieces is slowly hand-knotted in my Melbourne studio, building texture, movement and form through thousands of individual gestures.

I’m fascinated by what tactile, handmade art gives us in a world that’s becoming increasingly fast, smooth and digital.

There’s something about seeing the human hand in an object — the irregularities, the depth, the shadows, the evidence of time — that makes your eye linger a little longer.

And once these sculptural textile works enter an interior, that’s when they really come alive. Natural light moves across the surface, shadows shift, texture becomes more pronounced and the artwork changes subtly throughout the day.

I create original and bespoke textile art for collectors, interior designers and architects looking for contemporary artwork with warmth, materiality and a strong physical presence.

If beautiful interiors, contemporary fibre art, handcrafted design and the occasional glimpse behind the making process are your thing, follow along. There’s plenty more coming.

I always imagine where a piece is going to live.What the room might look like. Who will walk past it every day. Where th...
20/08/2026

I always imagine where a piece is going to live.

What the room might look like. Who will walk past it every day. Where the afternoon light will hit it. What colours will sit beside it. And how, over time, it will become part of the feeling of that space.

This one is about to find out.

It’s heading to the USA, alongside a few other pieces, as part of a new collaboration I’m very excited about.

And looking at these photographs, I keep thinking about something that’s surprisingly difficult to explain in words.

Texture does something to us.

Your eye follows the lines. It notices the tiny variations in tone, the depth between each hand-worked section, the shadows that appear and disappear as the light changes. You almost want to reach out and touch it.

There’s something deeply satisfying about it — particularly now, when so much of what we experience every day happens through perfectly smooth, flat screens.

Perhaps that’s why tactile, handcrafted art feels so good in an interior.

These sculptural textile works aren’t static. Light, shadow, texture and colour keep doing their little bit of magic throughout the day, changing how the work — and the space around it — feels.

I think that’s what I love most about making art for interiors.

Not simply imagining where it will hang, but how it might make someone feel once it gets there.

And I cannot wait to see where this one lands.

For interior designers, architects and collectors looking for original or bespoke textile art for a residential or hospitality project, commissions and collaborations are always welcome. Get in touch — I’d love to hear what you’re working on.

Well… this feels pretty special.I’m incredibly excited to finally share that a work from my Echo series has been selecte...
09/08/2026

Well… this feels pretty special.

I’m incredibly excited to finally share that a work from my Echo series has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.

Being recognised in a national contemporary sculpture prize like this means a lot.

So much of an artist’s life happens quietly — hours alone in the studio, following ideas, questioning them, pulling things apart, starting again, occasionally wondering whether anyone else will quite see what you see in the work.

And then something like this happens.

The Echo series explores repetition, memory and the way thoughts and feelings return to us over time, subtly shifting each time they do. Those ideas are translated through rhythm, form and thousands of repetitive hand-knotted gestures.

For me, it feels particularly meaningful to have a fibre-based work recognised within contemporary sculpture. I’ve been increasingly interested in pushing what textile can be — allowing it to hold form, tension, weight and presence, while still retaining the softness and evidence of the hand that drew me to the material in the first place.

I’m very proud of this one — and incredibly excited to see it sitting amongst the other finalists at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf Woollahra Gallery in Sydney this October.

I’m so excited to be a finalist in the 2026 Biennale of Colour and Light at WEST END ART SPACE There’s something particu...
08/08/2026

I’m so excited to be a finalist in the 2026 Biennale of Colour and Light at WEST END ART SPACE

There’s something particularly special about seeing my work sit within an exhibition centred around colour and light — two things that have such a huge influence on how I think about texture, form and the way a piece changes as you move around it.

Very happy to be part of this one, alongside such a wonderful group of artists.

The exhibition opens 17 October and runs until 8 November 2026 at West End Art Space, West Melbourne, with the opening reception on 17 October, 2–5pm.

Melbourne friends, pop it in the diary — I’d love to see some familiar faces there.

07/08/2026

I think this might be the stage of making I love most.

Not the beginning, when I know roughly where I want to go.

Not the end, when everything has been resolved.

But here.

When there’s enough of the work to start seeing its personality, but it can still surprise me.

This new piece has been growing slowly in the studio, knot by knot, and I’m slightly obsessed with the movement that’s beginning to happen in it.

The repetition is deliberate, but I never want my textile sculptures to feel overly controlled. I want the fibre to have some say in what happens too — the little shifts, irregularities and changes in tension are often where the work becomes interesting.

And this colour…

I’ll just leave that there.

More soon.

Lately, I’ve found myself returning to the same question.Why, in a world that has become increasingly fast, digital and ...
03/08/2026

Lately, I’ve found myself returning to the same question.

Why, in a world that has become increasingly fast, digital and disconnected from the physical, are so many of us seeking out objects made slowly by human hands?

The more I think about it, the more I realise this question sits at the heart of my practice.

Becoming a mother shifted my perspective in ways I never expected. It made me more aware of time, of presence, and of the value of things that ask us to slow down rather than speed up. I began paying closer attention to what draws us into a space—not just visually, but emotionally and physically.

I don’t believe our growing appreciation for craftsmanship, natural materials and tactile surfaces is simply a trend. I think it’s a response. A quiet instinct to reconnect with things that carry time, care and the unmistakable trace of another human being.

Those questions stay with me every time I enter the studio.

Through thousands of individually hand-tied knots, I create sculptural textile works that explore rhythm, relief, light and materiality. Each piece becomes both an act of making and an act of reflection, inviting a slower way of looking and a deeper experience of space.

If you’ve recently discovered my work, welcome. This is where I share the ideas, process and evolving body of work behind my contemporary textile sculptures.

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