​The Sustainability Game is a  body of work which commenced in 2026.

The final output will be eight large-scale square artworks, created using recycled and reclaimed materials. The works will combine collage and embroidery, exploring the relationship between craft, sustainability, gender and power.

The project uses stitching as a starting point to question the traditional perception of embroidery and sewing as “women’s work”, repositioning these traditionally domestic practices within the context of contemporary and “high” art.

The work will explore:

• The role of women in the fight for a greener planet

• Feminism and traditionally gendered forms of labour

• Waste, recycling and the value of discarded materials

• Social class and access to resources

• Capitalism and consumer culture

• Fair trade and ethical production

• Climate change

• Geopolitics and global power dynamics

• The relationship between personal experience and wider social systems​

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My own experiences will act as a catalyst for the work, providing a personal perspective through which these wider social, political and environmental issues can be explored and processed.

The artworks will be constructed using waste materials and objects that would otherwise be discarded or sent to landfill.

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Final Outcome

At the end of theproject, the eight completed works will be auctioned.

25% of the proceeds will be donated to charity.

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Guiding Principle

The pricing model is intended to make the true cost and social value of each work visible.

Each piece therefore represents more than an artwork. It incorporates:

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Time → Materials → Waste → Labour → Value → Charity

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The project aims to challenge conventional ideas about what materials, labour and creative practices are considered valuable, while ensuring that the production and sale of the work creates a tangible social contribution.

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Curatorial Approach

The curatorial element challenges traditional gallery conventions by taking drawings out of the institutional setting and placing them within the everyday urban landscape. Through photography, drawings will be documented in unexpected public locations, creating a dialogue between the artwork, its surroundings and the people who inhabit these spaces. By disrupting traditional ideas of presentation, ownership and accessibility, the project questions who art is made for, where it belongs and what constitutes a gallery space while emphasising the relavance of artistic practice to everday life.

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