Lines That Hold responds to the theme Safe Haven by exploring safety as a form of hands-on material knowledge, learned and sustained over time through skill and care. Inspired by maritime life, fishing traditions, rigging, knot making, netting, knitting and traditional fisherman’s jersey, the design reflects the hidden labour behind systems that protect, bind, hold, and shelter. The drawn knit design pays tribute to the embodied knowledge of hand knitting, where rhythm, tension, touch, attention and repetition create endurance and protection. The mural presents safety not as something fixed, but as continually practised and returned to.
My mural pays tribute to the practical knowledge and reflects on the time and skill that are often overlooked, underestimated, and undervalued in modern systems of safety and care. The drawing is driven by a productive tension between the discipline and speed of hand-knitting and hand-drawing. As an experienced knitter, I create strong, uniform stitches through rhythmic movements, almost not looking. As an artist, I draw stitches with attention, row by row, entering a similar state of flow as in knitting, making the labour of safety visible.
