Author Description

Rankin's work condenses time, using the slowed down process of embroidery - traditionally associated with female domestic pursuits - to chart fleeting memories, landscapes, maps and thoughts. Using thread on organdie - a spectral and ethereal material - her work creates a web of associations, through poetic and abstract collages that equally incorporate phrases of poetry, political and historical reflections with more personal elements such as journeys she has taken and important events in her life.