moral compass, 2024

Selected for Fibre Arts Australia: Art Textile Biennale 2025

selected for Surface Design Association, USA, online exhibition 2024

‘Moral Compass’ addresses the unprecedented resurgence of antisemitism since the Holocaust, focusing on attacks against Jewish people in public spaces, places of worship, workplaces, on holiday, and through social media. The piece highlights incidents occurring globally today. It questions whether society has lost its moral compass where respect for individual identity and heritage coexists with the normalisation of antisemitism. The presence of three intact compasses serves as a stark reminder that this artwork remains unfinished, as incidents continue to arise.

Measurement: 65cm x 45cm x 6cm

Process: Hand stitch

Materials: Cotton, silk thread, 42 compasses

Exhibited in:

Fabricated? Solo Exhibition, London, England (1 October 2024 - 31 January 2025)

Material Flux, Surface Design Association, USA, online exhibition (1 November - 31 December 2024) :LINK

International Art Textiles Biennale, Touring Exhibition, Australia (31 January 2025 - mid 2026)

comments

  • Wonderful, sad and thought provoking work

  • You have bestowed dignity on the details, the person and the story

  • Your work is beautiful and chilling

  • Stunning! As always, your art gives one pause, speaking volumes with perfect, tiny stitches

  • This is brilliant

  • The world really does suffer from a lack of moral compass

  • More timely and thoughtful creations. I hope they have a wider audience

  • This is so appalling and upsetting

  • Incredibly powerful work. Horrific catalogue of hatred though

  • The world is a better place because of your moral compass and brilliant artwork

  • What is going through the thinking process of those individuals who hate so much that they are driven to violence?

  • These are so shocking. And so vital that these threats and acts of bloody violence are recorded

  • Disgusting utterances from the ignorant. Thank you for telling the stories

  • The genie of hatred is out of the bottle

  • Sorry, saddened and ashamed for all those who have hatred. I have no tolerance for racism

  • Continued evilness

  • Thank you for highlighting these awful events

  • Just horrific. It must be so difficult to stitch these terrible truths, but so important that you do this

  • Your work has such integrity and courage