I create intricate forms using human hair, primarily sourced from salon waste.

Whether free-standing or wall-hung, these pieces invite close inspection of

their organic textures and delicate construction. Hair, with its fine strands and

varied hues, is intimate and unsettling, an everyday material with

deep personal, cultural, and ontological significance.

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At the heart of my practice is an exploration of hybridity, material afterlives,

and the agency of matter. I transform discarded hair into something tactile

and complex, weaving, spinning, braiding, and shaping it into forms that evoke

beauty and decay. What is cherished when attached to the body becomes

abject and unsettling when detached, and this shift in perception reveals the

fluid boundaries between attraction and revulsion, as well as value and waste.

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I work with both found and familial hair, deepening my engagement with

memory, love, and loss themes. Hair, as a material, holds an uncanny

presence. It exists between life and death, the personal and the collective,

the organic and the symbolic. Through the lens of new materialism, I explore hair’s inherent agency and capacity to transcend individual identity, carrying traces of lived experience beyond the body.

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My practice also revives and reinterprets Victorian hair art, a craft that once gave voice to women’s experiences while reflecting societal expectations of passivity, piety, and conformity. By weaving this historical technique into contemporary discourse, I expose hidden histories and challenge traditional hierarchies of material value. Hair’s aura and ability to cross-temporal and conceptual boundaries make it a powerful conduit for exploring presence, absence, and transformation.

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The weird and the eerie permeate my work, unsettling the familiar and inviting viewers to engage with the unseen forces that shape perception and experience. Hair, as a material with boundary-crossing capabilities, occupies liminal spaces between the human and the otherworldly. In a world that often disregards the unseen and overlooked, my work seeks to create moments of deep connection, reflection, and discomfort, urging viewers to reconsider what they see, value, and what lingers beneath the surface.