Words for a release.

fulfilling a sense of belonging was the key to building ‘maiden’.

Somewhere in between the hazy teenage high school student and the frantic university freshman, I found myself without a solid Fine Arts diploma or a great foundation I would’ve hoped for as I become a mother at nineteen. The next few years I struggled as I searched for a foothold, not knowing if what I lacked was the cap and gown or the centred, working-class family like generations before me. A whimsical, romanticised version of those thoughts, wishes and non-regrets is what my work in Maiden is to me. In a way, the continuous out-pour of creations reflects the never-ending journey of maiden to motherhood. A constant sensation of push and pull, tumultuous heart-ache and utter euphoria.