Being mediums that are often linked to domestic folk art, crochet and knit have struggled to break its confines as a craft rather than art. A 'sympathetic medium' that exists in our daily lives, textile appeals with its tactility, harbouring within its labour-intensive creation a sense of time and history. It is exactly this quality that, when used out of convention, proposes alternative perspectives by subverting the familiar. By employing destruction or deconstruction as a secondary technique, I attempt to perturb the viewer as they witness a defenceless and fragile object fall apart, forcing them to confront emotions of loss and regret.

My explorations question the binary nature of names, adjectives and numbers, and aim to reframe biases by presenting the duality of these ideas. Destruction suggests an end; yet it could also represent rebirth. The soft nature of crochet could suggest weakness; yet it is strong and malleable in comparison with the brittle versions after I torch them. It is often thought that time is money; yet it depends on whose time is in question. What is the thin line between 'priceless' and 'worthless'? My artwork implores viewers to question their personal perceptions of value beyond the general consensus.