In the past few years I created a series of textile wombs formed from different materials and practices. Having seen them, Charlotte and her Sister in law Katie contacted me to get involved with a project for International Women’s Day 2024. For this project, all aspects of the cans (or “Conservas”) were fully created by women - from the fishing industry to food producers and finally the artists. Having previously worked on a fishing net series (you can read about Weaving in the Rubbish here), we thought they would be perfect to work into the wrapper for the Conservas.

I was then mailed a piece of washed up fishing net and a mussels bag to create something that would tie into the project. I went through the same washing process as I did with my fishing net series and carefully separated each of the usable fibres. As it was all in the spirit of International Women’s Day, another Womb series felt appropriate.