Louise makes jewellery and textiles pieces, frequently involving found objects and vintage clothing. She uses photographic images and scraps of documents to convey a social story. For commission and installation work, Louise particularly delights in opportunities to explore people & places. The investigation, discovery and sifting of site specific details is central to her approach and influences the final form, content and materials used to express an idea. Often finding inspiration in objects, people, stories, images, diaries, documents and memories, the essence of a theme will begin to emerge. Louise then unravels an idea, making connections and experimenting with the creative possibilities for a piece. There is often a thread of narrative behind the work, linking back to the original source. Louise collects, manipulates, cuts, hammers, solders, stitches, irons, felts, colours and bakes so her materials and techniques are seemingly eclectic, but they are carefully selected to express each idea.