Journal

Creative Practice as a Practice
I don’t believe there are creative people.I believe there are people who show up. Creativity, for me, has never been a personality trait or a lightning strike. It’s a discipline. Something closer to exercise than inspiration. You don’t wait until you feel strong to move your body. You move your body so strength remains possible. I’ve always treated creativity like it was my career, even before it was visible as one. I started in graphic design and marketing, where creativity lived inside constraints. Briefs, timelines, systems, outcomes. Strategy and aesthetics... Read more...
After the Lights Came Down
There’s a strange quiet that follows a collection. The lights come down, the audience disperses, garments return to their racks, and suddenly the work no longer belongs solely to you. It begins to move through conversations, photographs, and interpretations you can’t fully control. That is often when you understand how a project has truly landed. When I presented this collection, Vintage 2025, a runway and exhibition project developed and presented in Griffith, NSW, I was conscious of how deeply it was shaped by place, by people, histories, and ways of... Read more...