The Ironing Woman is an installation composed of the detritus of a single-channel film of the same name. Handmade props, costumes, puppets, sculptures, and fragments from the film are reassembled within the gallery, while the film plays through a handmade cardboard television at the centre of the space. By collapsing the boundaries between cinematic fiction and physical reality, the installation invites viewers to step inside the film's world, where objects become remnants of lived experience rather than theatrical props.

Working with found materials, cardboard, ceramics, and recycled objects, I employ bricolage as both a material process and a conceptual framework. The installation's fragmented nature mirrors the experience of grief itself, where memory is assembled through traces, fragments, and the emotional weight carried by everyday objects. Removed from the screen, these handmade artefacts take on new lives, encouraging audiences to move between narrative and material, imagination and reality.

The installation transforms the gallery into an immersive environment where storytelling extends beyond the moving image. Through the accumulation of handmade objects and cinematic remnants, The Ironing Woman becomes a space of remembrance, inviting viewers to consider how stories, objects, and places can preserve memory and create connection in the aftermath of loss.