Living by the coast, I witness first-hand the alarming rise in plastic waste accumulating on our shorelines. This constant presence of debris has shaped my artistic practice.

My work explores the complex relationship between human activity and ocean pollution, using lint, a by-product of the commercial and domestic laundry process. Lint is made up of microplastics, microfibres, skin, human and pet hair.

Using discarded material in my work, I aim to show the relationship between the everyday and the catastrophic effects of pollution. The relationship between maker, discarded material, and the environment is central to my practice. It is, effectively, a distillation of personal experience, emotion, and environmental urgency.

The lint I use is gathered from family and friends, giving my work a very personal connection. I use it to create new objects that explore the transformations that arise from waste and form. Combining porcelain with the lint, I craft delicate objects that act as pale vessels for the harsh realities they represent. Lint is used to produce a fragile paper, which is unusable, like the microplastics themselves.

My aim is to encourage reflection on the fragile balance we disrupt through our everyday actions. Using unused, and unusable, materials to find new meanings and relationships creates renewed awareness of the beauty—and vulnerability—of our environment.