The Industrial Shoreline examines the working harbour, where shipping industry meets pristine coastal waters. Ports occupy limited space at our cities' edges—freighters and stacked containers essential to modern life. Harbours constantly change: tides rise and fall, materials come and go, structures gain patina over time.
This creates a dichotomy in my textile art—hard versus soft, rigid steel versus fluid cloth. Beauty lives in the metal's patina, angles, and shadows, captured through varied mark-making, inks, and stitched line.
Having lived near working harbours, I see industry and ecosystem not as opposing forces, but a search for balance.
