Double Shadow is now on view at Museum London, and this exhibition runs from May 23, 2026 to March 14, 2027. Double Shadow brings together over 500 stitched elements from my Black and White Studies series. Botanical motifs mix with bold geometry across the wall, shifting with the light as you move through the space.
Planning
Installing a piece like this comes with a little bit of uncertainty and excitement. The Atrium wall at Museum London is so much larger than my studio, so before anything went up in the gallery, I installed part of the work on my living room wall to work out how many pieces I’d need to cover that amount of square footage. My home became a temporary test site, with stitched elements mapped across the space.
But no matter how carefully you plan, the first time you actually see the finished installation is when you’re installing it. There’s no way to fully preview 500+ pieces coming together on a wall of that size.
The Install
The process started with a diagram — mapping out the general arrangement of circles, then scaling that to the dimensions of the Atrium wall so every circle had precise measurements. That diagram was projected directly onto the wall surface, and each circle was marked out with blue tape and labelled with a letter.
From there, I divided the 500+ pieces proportionally across each circle. This step mattered a lot — I wanted the botanical motifs, the abstract patterns, the different techniques, and the balance of black and white distributed thoughtfully across the whole wall.
Once the pieces were sorted into piles for each circle, we started installing one circle at a time. I arranged and taped each textile piece into position, then sewing pins were hammered through each work and into the wall to secure it. Each piece was pulled forward to the pin head, leaving a bit of space between the work and the wall. The larger pieces went up first, with the smaller ones worked in at the end.
Thank you to Phil, Jamal, and Billy for your help installing this work.
Opening Night
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening of Double Shadow at Museum London. It was wonderful to share the evening alongside three other exhibitions that opened the same night: MOTHERGROUND by Dominique Rey with Madeleine & Auguste Coar, Biscuits and Empire: Reframing Colonial Photography, featuring Zinnia Naqvi’s video installation Heart-shaped Box alongside colonial-era photographs from the Museum’s collection, and Snapshots of Us, a look at the first year of parenthood through photographs and personal objects. So much to take in — well worth a visit to see it all.
Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council for supporting the production of this piece.
Image courtesy of Museum London. Photo credit: Angela Antonopoulos.
