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01/10/2026

I grew up understanding that what we wear can carry a story.

Long before I understood myself as an artist, I was drawn to the things that held memory, the textures, colours, beads and details of adornment, and the way a simple object could make you feel connected to something beyond yourself.

Perhaps that is why I am so fascinated by the idea that we can tell stories through what we choose to wear.

When I created the Mask Brooch, I wasnโ€™t thinking about making something that simply sat beautifully on a garment. I wanted to create a piece that could move with you, change with you and become part of your own story.

It is not simply a brooch.

It can be pinned to a jacket, placed on a dress, worn in the hair, attached to a bag or styled in a completely unexpected way. Its form allows you to play, transform and create.

One piece. Many ways to wear it.
One story. Many ways to tell it.

For me, this is what makes wearable art so personal. I create the piece, but the story doesnโ€™t end with me. The moment you wear it, you bring your own identity, memories and imagination to it.

And perhaps that is the most beautiful part.

Art you donโ€™t simply look at.
Art you live in, wear and make your own.

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21/09/2026

What if a hairstyle could become a piece of jewellery?

This is where the story of my Tanavoho Brooch begins.

Inspired by the Tanavoho hairstyle, I became fascinated by its form, rhythm and intricate beauty. I wanted to take that inspiration beyond the head and transform it into something you could wear, keep and pass on.

So I began beading.

Layer by layer, stitch by stitch, using several techniques, the form slowly emerged becoming something completely new, while still holding onto the spirit of where it began.

For me, this is what wearable art is about.

Taking inspiration from culture, reimagining it through my hands, and creating art that can live with you.

A hairstyle became a brooch.
A tradition became a new story.
And the story became something you can wear.

Art you wear. Art you keep.

Images of Sakalava Women and hairstyles courtesy of Pinterest

20/09/2026

Get ready with me
One brooch, so many ways to wear it. From your hair to your clothes and beyond the Bantu Knot Brooch is wearable art made to move with you. ๐ŸคŽ
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13/09/2026

Bantu Knots โ€” A Language I Know

Hair has always held a particular language for me.

When I work with Bantu knots, I am not simply recreating a hairstyle. I am responding to a form that feels familiar, something rooted in African beauty, femininity and the ways we have adorned and expressed ourselves through generations.

I am drawn to the coil, the repetition and the gathering of the hair. There is something intimate about taking individual strands and bringing them together to create something sculptural and intentional. That process mirrors the way I work.

I gather synthetic fibres , beads, stones, cowrie shells, brass and reclaimed materials, allowing each element to find its place. Nothing is accidental. I work slowly, intuitively, often following what the materials seem to ask of me.

The Bantu knot becomes part of that visual language, a form that speaks to me of identity, memory and the feminine presence.

Perhaps this is why hair appears so often in my work. I see it as both root and ornament. It can carry history, frame the face and transform the way a woman presents herself to the world.

Through my hands, the familiar becomes something new.

A hairstyle becomes sculpture.
A material becomes memory.
And an inherited form becomes part of my own visual story.

This is what I love about creating: taking fragments of what I recognise, what I remember and what I feel, and weaving them into something that can be seen, touched and carried forward.
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11/09/2026

Bantu Knots ; A Language I Know

Hair has always held a particular language for me.
When I work with Bantu knots, I am not simply recreating a hairstyle.

I am responding to a form that feels familiar, something rooted in African beauty, femininity and the ways we have adorned and expressed ourselves through generations.

This is what I love about creating: taking fragments of what I recognise, what I remember and what I feel, and weaving them into something that can be seen, touched and carried forward.
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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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