'I have had a varied working background working in theatre, festivals, children’s book publishing testing my toe in many creative sectors, but I quit the day job to follow my dream of selling handmade & vintage online.I run online vintage boutique www.extinctdesign.co.uk an eclectic mix of the obscure and the strange, vintage clothing, bags and shoes, along with my very own one off designs. I love to hear from other like-minded artists and designers who are looking for other outlets to sell their work.'

 

Below is Heather's entry to our 100:T-shirts project

60

The Flow of Life.

Mix of felt, netting, vintage, recycled & previously discarded materials.

"I have taken the number 60 as two separate entities as well as the combined number sixty.

6 in numerology is the number of love and harmony, the upside of the all powerful number 9. The yin to the yang. The love of life. The perfection of love.
0 represents the symbol of eternity the ever perfect circle of life.
We experience so many things by our 60th birthday, we will have collected up many stories, situations and beliefs; catching them in the fine mesh of our own understandings, deepening our beliefs and occasionally clogging up our mind creating blockages if not dealt with.

The piece I have created incorporates the original framework of the T-shirt, using the net to indicate with its thousands of holes represent all the many situations and occasions that occur in our lives. A whispering doubt here, a misunderstanding, not taking responsibility for ones action all adds to a foggy state of being. Most of our emotions can be felt in the centre core of our body, in the heart, as depicted. Felt ventricles of the heart form shapes of “6” and “0”

This piece acts as a reminder to me to remain free flowing through life with love at its centre core, to embrace life with passion and excitement – letting nothing hold me back!

What’s clogging you up?"