The Post Office Scandal - There Should Have Been Uproar
(2021 - present)
There should have been uproar looks at ways of giving an account to the systems failure of the Post Office from 1999 to the present, asking questions about the role of the accounting profession
,the legal profession and corporate governance.
There should have been uproar documents a scandal that must never be forgotten. This series of work looks at system failures in the Post Office Scandal and the early warning signs of what happens when too much power is given to technology and people are relegated as not material to an overall bigger picture. It is also a critique of the professions and institutions who have let so many hard working people down. Drawing on personal experience as a systems implementation consultant and Chartered Accountant to inform the work and referencing the book ‘Post Office Scandal’ by Nick Wallis and public enquiry documentation I have responded by creating a series of textile works making visible events as they have unfolded since 2021.
She was hiding (2025) 135cm x 200cm Fabric scraps with hand-stitched text, washing line and curtain rings
Maximum Load - No-one was listening, some did know and some did nothing (2025) 135cm x 200cm Royal Mail bag with hand stitched embroidery
There Should Have Been Uproar (2025) 75cm x 100cm Cotton and felt, hand printed border
For more than 20 years (2021) 155cm x 80cm Recycled mens ties, Cotton and hand embroidery
For more than 20 years (2021) 125cm x 300cm Recycled mens ties, Cotton and hand embroidery, washing line
Drowning in a Procedural Swamp (2025) 75cm x 125cm Cotton and hand embroidery