hidden movement, 2018

Exhibited as part of What’s Going On Upstairs Installation


The musical box holds a hidden movement....and the person with an eating disorder hides their obsessive need to burn calories by continuous movement through exercise.


Hidden Movement 1.jpg

Ballerina - Hidden Movement.jpg

Measurement: 17cm x 11cm x 10cm

Process: Hand stitch (tutu)

Materials: Textile, silk threads, musical jewellery box with clockwork ballerina


Exhibited in:

What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London (2018)

What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, The RDS, Simmonscourt, Dublin (2018)

What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Convention Centre, Harrogate (2018)

14th International London Eating Disorders Conference, QEII Centre, Westminster (2019)

Nothing Less! 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, Austrian Cultural Forum, London (2019 - 2020)