This is something that I enjoy doing - juxtaposing the traditional technique of knitting with innovative materials. It often creates a very unique and unexpected outcome such as surfaces that look solid but are actually soft and malleable.

At Royal College of Art, I began knitting with fibre optics and electroluminescent wire. Being new to knitting I approached it from an unusual angle. I created a light in the form of a conch shell, the whole thing glowed. It was rather spectacular.

My process is more material led than technique led. I use knitting as a means to hold my materials in place, to connect them together to form surface and structure. I’ve always been a bit of a magpie; drawn to materials that play with light in some way.

I love the problem solving element of it. For example, changing my materials or tweaking my techniques to work to a client’s brief. It means I’m constantly challenging myself, discovering new ways to create my work. It is forever evolving and never boring.