Artist Statement My creative practice explores ways to express the poetics of everyday life through the construction of visual and material narratives. By re-appropriating natural forms and discarded fragments, my work takes the form of wearable and non-wearable objects to address the notions of ‘place’ as both a physical and emotional manifestation of home. Engaging with the artefacts prompts a dialogue with the self to become a form of storytelling: to question and reflect upon the entangled relationships that bind people, places, and objects and to inform the material thinking and making process. As the viewer navigates through a vortex of memories, nostalgia and remembrance, time stands still. Both the object and the craft process become a means to reframe a narrative of belonging, of finding comfort in being ‘out-of-place’.