s m a l l C H A T

Jackie’s work is largely three-dimensional, and is concerned with the integration of seemingly diverse materials and techniques. By bringing the past and present together, using traditional and contemporary techniques and materials, she creates pieces that are both harmonious and progressive. She particularly loves the fact that textiles come from a living source, and can have many lives. The prospects of transformation and metamorphosis excite Jackie, and she sees textiles as a parallel of the work undertaken by people as they reclaim their lives following trauma and other damaging life experiences.

Her sources of inspiration are often based in abstract concepts, and she loves the challenge of discovering what the abstract would look like if it existed physically. All the while, quietly enjoying posing the questions, and challenging the viewer to delve more deeply into their own interpretations and understanding of these concepts.

Senses and the sensuous are extremely important. Jackie’s work often involves finding ways to combine contrasting materials - velvet and metal, textile and acrylic - materials that can be both soft and fluid or hard and strong.

Extensive research forms the groundwork for all of Jackie’s work. She believes that only by learning about the topic, and starting to understand, can she then begin to design and create.