• "How can craft Authentically be taken to Neurodiverse Audiences?"


• Is the question at the heart of a three month project I ran with Västarvet, West Sweden's Culture & Heritage Council. Neurodiversity refers to people who relate to world in a non neurotypical way. This can include anything from autism, ADHD and dementure. This project saw me develop textile techniques into accessible objects.


• I came to the subject through a  fascination with sensory toys, and the ability for a material to make a person feel at home in their body. I developed handheld objects based in the ideas behind pre-existing sensory toys. Focusing on weight, movement, sound and tactility, they are playful, handmade objects that offer craft to


• Many of these can be seen in 'Kinetic Spaces'.